傻瓜干面

Traditional form:

傻瓜乾麵

Pinyin (reading):

shǎguāgānmiàn

Definitions:

• boiled noodles served without broth, topped with just a sprinkle of oil and some chopped spring onions, to which customers add vinegar, soy sauce or chili oil according to their taste

Characters:

• 傻 - foolish, silly, stupid; an imbecile
• 瓜 - melon, gourd, squash, cucumber
• 干 - arid, dry; to oppose; to offend; to invade
• 面 - face; surface, side; plane, dimension

Traditional characters:

• 傻 - foolish, silly, stupid; an imbecile
• 瓜 - melon, gourd, squash, cucumber
• 乾 - arid, dry; to fertilize; to penetrate; heavenly generative principle (male)
• 麵 - face; surface, side; plane, dimension