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noun
An Americanized version of a certain Cantonese dish, usually a simple stir-fried dish consisting of sliced or cubed chicken with white button mushrooms and other vegetables such as snow peas, bamboo shoots, water chestnuts and Chinese cabbage.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
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noun
a Cantonese dish of chicken and sauteed vegetables
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: dish
History
Borrowed from Taishanese 蘑菇雞片/蘑菇鸡片 (mo3 gu1 gai1 pen^(1*), literally “sliced chicken with button mushrooms”).
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