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- yōkan, gelatin dessert typically made from red bean paste, agar, and sugar, sold in block form
- lit. a cup of soup
- fig. to get part of the profits
- one's share of the action
Trad. 閉門羹
- (fig.) denial of entry; flat refusal; cold rebuff
Trad. 拆魚羹
- hand-shredded fish soup, a speciality of Shunde 順德|顺德[Shun4 de2]
Trad. 吃閉門羹
- to be refused entrance; to find the door closed
- nothing but herb soup and dry provisions to eat (idiom); to survive on a coarse diet
- à la guerre comme à la guerre
- nothing but herb soup and dry provisions to eat (idiom); to survive on a coarse diet
- à la guerre comme à la guerre
Trad. 殘羹剩飯
- leftovers from a meal
- fig. remnants handed down from others
- (fig.) to have a slice of the pie
- to get a piece of the action
Trad. 蓴羹鱸膾
- (idiom) the dishes from one's hometown
- (idiom) homesickness
Trad. 饗以閉門羹
- to shut the door in sb's face