Definitions
(literary) meat broth
Etymology
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As a specialized culinary term in classical Chinese, 臛 is a phono-semantic compound. Its left side features the semantic radical 肉 (meat or flesh), indicating the category, while the right side uses the phonetic component 霍 to provide the pronunciation. Historically, it referred to a thick meat broth, stew, or soup containing substantial chunks of meat, a particular cooking style recorded in ancient culinary texts and literature. Over centuries, as dietary habits and terminology evolved, the use of 臛 declined. Today, it appears mainly in historical recipes, classic literature describing banquets, and specialized dictionaries of classical Chinese gastronomy.