川鲁粤苏浙闽湘徽
chuān lǔ yuè sū zhè mǐn xiāng huī
the cuisines of Sichuan, Shandong, Guangdong, Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Fujian, Hunan and Anhui (the eight major cuisines of China 八大菜系[ba1 da4 cai4 xi4])
川
chuān
abbr. for Sichuan Province 四川[Si4 chuan1] in southwest China
鲁
lǔ
(bound form) crass
粤
yuè
short name for Guangdong 廣東|广东[Guang3 dong1]
苏
sū
abbr. for Soviet Union 蘇維埃|苏维埃[Su1 wei2 ai1] or 蘇聯|苏联[Su1 lian2]
浙
zhè
variant of 浙[Zhe4]
闽
mǐn
short name for Fujian province 福建[Fu2 jian4]
湘
xiāng
abbr. for Hunan 湖南 province in south central China
徽
huī
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