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Meaning of Peking duck | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2
/ˌpiːkɪŋ ˈdʌk/

Definitions

A Chinese dish consisting of roasted duck skin, small pancakes, hoisin sauce and other ingredients.

uncountable

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Examples

“During out third day in Peking, we received word that Premier Chou En-lai would have dinner with us. We sat in a banquet room in the Great Hall of the People and enjoyed a fabulous meal of Peking duck.”
“As restaurants in the Chinese capital drift in the doldrums of a COVID ban on dining in, one eatery manager and his army of chefs have set up stalls on the pavement to keep alive some of the old magic and drum up sales of their big seller, Peking duck.[…]"Our Peking duck sales have even gone up," Zheng, 35, told Reuters outside his restaurant as a queue of customers waited.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.

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