東坡肘子

Dongpo pork shoulder, traditional dish said to have been created by Northern Song dynasty writer Su Dongpo 蘇東坡|苏东坡

surname Dong

east / host (i.e. sitting on east side of guest) / landlord

Dongpo District of Meishan City 眉山市[Mei2 shan1 Shi4], Sichuan

slope / CL:個|个[ge4] / sloping / slanted

elbow / pork shoulder

pork shoulder / (coll.) elbow

son / child / seed / egg / small thing / 1st earthly branch: 11 p.m.-1 a.m., midnight, 11th solar month (7th December to 5th January), year of the Rat / Viscount, fourth of five orders of nobility 五等爵位[wu3 deng3 jue2 wei4] / ancient Chinese compass point: 0° (north) / subsidiary / subordinate / sub-

(noun suffix)