brick tea; compressed tea block
Tone colorsmāmámǎmàma
Meanings
1 sense · 3 examplesnoun
compressed tea leaves pressed into a brick shape; brick tea
Also known as 茶砖 (cházhuān). Historically used as currency along the Tea Horse Road; common in Tibetan, Mongolian, and Uyghur cuisine for making butter tea or milk tea.
Zàng藏
zú族
rén人
xǐ喜
huan欢
yòng用
zhuān砖
chá茶
zhǔ煮
sū酥
yóu油
chá茶
。
Tibetan people like to use brick tea to boil butter tea.
Zhè这
kuài块
zhuān砖
chá茶
kě可
yǐ以
bǎo保
cún存
jǐ几
shí十
nián年
bù不
biàn变
zhì质
。
This piece of brick tea can be preserved for decades without spoiling.
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Pǔ普
ěr洱
chá茶
cháng常
bèi被
yā压
zhì制
chéng成
zhuān砖
chá茶
biàn便
yú于
yūn运
shū输
。
Pu-er tea is often pressed into brick tea to facilitate transportation.