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Glossary Red Rice | listen: mandarin .ra .wav / cantonese .ra.wav | A very nutritious type of rice which becomes red during fermentation. It is also called Hongqu in Chinese. |
Rice | listen: mandarin .ra.wav / cantonese .ra.wav | A kind of cereal grass in which its grain is starchy and edible. It is also the most important staple food of south China. |
Rice Cooker | listen: mandarin .ra.wav / cantonese .ra.wav | The electrical appliance used for cooking rice. |
Rice Dumplings | listen: mandarin .ra.wav / cantonese .ra.wav | A rice dumpling is a dumpling made of sticky rice wrapped around the stuffing inside. Then the whole thing is wrapped with lotus or bamboo leaves and cooked. It is the festive food of the Tuen Ng Festival. |
Romance of the Three Kingdoms | listen: mandarin .ra.wav / cantonese .ra.wav | A famous Chinese novel based on the history during the time when China was divided into three kingdoms, namely the Ngai, the Suk and the Ng Kingdoms in 220-280 A.D. |
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