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The character 脍, derived from the traditional form 膾, refers to finely minced or thinly sliced meat and fish, a prized preparation in classical Chinese cuisine. Its semantic radical 月 (representing flesh) classifies it within culinary or anatomical terms, while the right component 会 (simplified) / 會 (traditional) provides the pronunciation. The character evokes an ancient practice of eating raw, delicately sliced fish or meat, and is most familiar today in an idiom describing something universally acclaimed, likening its appeal to the widespread fondness for such exquisite slices.
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