乾煸四季豆

fried beans, Sichuan style

old variant of 乾[qian2]

surname Qian

one of the Eight Trigrams 八卦[ba1 gua4], symbolizing heaven / male principle / ☰ / ancient Chinese compass point: 315° (northwest)

variant of 乾[qian2]

dry / dried food / empty; hollow / taken in to nominal kinship; adoptive; foster / futile; in vain / (dialect) rude; blunt / (dialect) to cold-shoulder

to stir-fry with oil only (no addition of water)

to stir-fry before broiling or stewing

four / 4

four seasons, namely: spring 春[chun1], summer 夏[xia4], autumn 秋[qiu1] and winter 冬[dong1]

green bean / French bean / runner bean

surname Ji

season / the last month of a season / fourth or youngest amongst brothers / classifier for seasonal crop yields

variant of 豆[dou4]

bean / pea / CL:棵[ke1],粒[li4] / sacrificial vessel