yán

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Meaning of 盐卤

盐卤 means bittern; the bitter black liquid remaining after salt evaporation, containing magnesium chloride, magnesium sulfate, and sodium chloride; used to coagulate soy milk into tofu. Pronounced yán lǔ.

  • bittern; the bitter black liquid remaining after salt evaporation, containing magnesium chloride, magnesium sulfate, and sodium chloride; used to coagulate soy milk into tofu

Definitions & Examples

Chuán
tǒng
dòu
fu
fāng
yòng
yán
lái
diǎn
jiāng
 

Traditional tofu workshops use bittern to curdle the soy milk.

Yán
yǒu
 
qiān
wàn
néng
zhí
jiē
 

Bittern is poisonous and must never be consumed directly.

Zhè
shì
áo
yán
shèng
xià
de
yán
 
chéng
hēi
 

This is the bittern left over from boiling salt; it is black in color.

Yòng
yán
zuò
de
dòu
fu
yòng
shí
gāo
zuò
de
gèng
xiāng
 

Tofu made with bittern tastes more aromatic than that made with gypsum.

Measure Words

/ xiē
/ zhǒng