In Beijing dialect, the word "egg" is called "Mu Xi", which is pronounced as [Mu Li], but it is literally called [Mu xi], so it is written as Mu Xi.

Some people also say that osmanthus fragrans is osmanthus fragrans, because eggs are yellow and osmanthus fragrans is yellow, so the elegant osmanthus fragrans is used as the name.

I remember a dish called moo Shu pork (scrambled eggs with cucumber), because according to the law of sound change, [xi] was changed into [Xu] by the sound of "wood" in front, so "moo Shu pork" was written as "moo Shu pork" ...