usurious loan; Beijing glutinous rice roll
Meanings
2 senses · 5 examplesnoun
usurious loan with snowballing compound interest
The name likens the rapidly growing debt to a donkey rolling over and over. In Beijing dialect, also commonly pronounced with an -r suffix as 驴打滚儿 (lǘ dǎ gǔn r).
In the old society, many poor people lost their families and lives because they borrowed usurious loans with snowballing interest.
This kind of snowballing interest calculation is too exploitative; borrowing one hundred quickly becomes one thousand.
noun
traditional Beijing snack made of steamed yellow millet dough coated in soybean flour
Also known as 豆面糕 (dòu miàn gāo). The name derives from the resemblance to a donkey rolling in dust. It is a famous specialty of Beijing cuisine.
I went to Huguosi Snack Bar and bought half a jin of glutinous rice rolls.
The glutinous rice rolls are soft, sticky, fragrant, and sweet; they're my favorite Beijing pastry.
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This pastry is also called Doumian Gao, but everyone is used to calling it Ludagun.