suan pan zi

Mandarin:

算盘子

pinyin:

suàn pán zǐ

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definitions

noun

  1. a Hakka dish, made with a dough of taro and tapioca flour that is typically shaped into rounded biconcave discs and boiled, before being stir-fried with various ingredients like minced pork, mushrooms, and spring onions.
    Since its namesake - the abacus - is associated with accounting, abacus beads are often taken as a symbol of wealth and prosperity.

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