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Pastey, frozen food made by steaming, etc.: ～ soup. Meat ~. Eggs ~.

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(会意. From lamb, from beauty. The main meat of the ancients was mutton, so "lamb" and "beauty" are used to indicate the flavor of the meat. It is a food with juice made of meat or vegetables mixed with five flavors. Shuowen: "Five flavors and soup." Note: In ancient times, "soup" generally referred to meat with juice, not soup. The meaning of "soup" is from the Middle Ages onwards)

The soup of five flavors

One danjou, one douzhou, if you get it, you will live, if you don't get it, you will die. -- "Mengzi -告子上》

(Ying考叔)对曰: "小小人有母,都尝小人之食矣,未尝君之羹,请以遗之。". -- "Zuo Zhuan - Hidden Duke yuan year"

Cooked vegetables with juice is also called soup

Quinoa and patchouli of the soup. Generally refers to the poor diet)