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泔脚

Word · NounTraditional泔腳

swill; pigwash; kitchen waste

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Meanings

1 sense · 3 examples
1.

noun

swill; pigwash; kitchen waste

dialect

方言词,主要指从厨房里倒掉的残汤剩饭、淘米水等,可用来喂猪。在一些地区使用,属口语词。

Guò过
qù去
nóng农
cūn村
rén人
jiā家
 ,
gān泔
jiǎo脚
dōu都
yòng用
lái来
wèi喂
zhū猪
 。

In rural households in the past, kitchen waste was used to feed pigs.

Tā他
bǎ把
shèng剩
fàn饭
dào倒
jìn进
gān泔
jiǎo脚
tǒng桶
lǐ里
 。

He poured the leftovers into the swill bucket.

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Xiàn现
zài在
chéng城
lǐ里
hěn很
shǎo少
néng能
jiàn见
dào到
shōu收
gān泔
jiǎo脚
de的
le了
 。

Nowadays, it's rare to see people collecting kitchen waste in the city.