拍某菜

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Chinese

to clap; to pat; to beat
to clap; to pat; to beat; to hit; to slap; to take (a picture)
 
(used before measure word and noun) some; (a) certain; so and so dish (type of food); vegetables
trad. (拍某菜)
simp. #(拍某菜)
alternative forms 打某菜
扑某菜
扑姥菜
拍姆菜
Literally: “hit-wife vegetable”.

Etymology

Because the garland chrysanthemum loses water and shrinks a lot after being cooked, it would cause a man to hit his wife for thinking that she ate it all up.

Pronunciation


Noun

拍某菜

  1. (Hokkien) garland chrysanthemum; crown daisy (Glebionis coronaria)

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