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 ^ 兒 niu< ，r， girl, familiar term for 姑 娘 ku' niang?. 吃 ^ ch'ih' mien^ to eat vermicelli. ^ mien'* is here for 想條兒 mien; t'iao- ，r， 老 段 Lao^ t 囊、 the old man named Tuan, probably a shop-keeper. 寬 條 兒 k'uan' t'iao2 ，r， flat and large vermicelli. 細 5J hsi'' t，iao、' ，r, finer vermicelli. 簾 子棍兒 lien^-tzu* kun'' ，r， another sort of vermicelli so called because of its resemblance to the bamboo sticks which are bound together to form a summer curtain. 來不 P 亨 PjJ 5^ lai- pu eng a-yo, meaningless refrain. 腰竊兒 iaoi uo， ，r， " the loins nest" the best part of the loins of a mutton or a beef. 後腿 52> hou'' t'ueP ，r， the back part of the thigh. 眞肥瘦 chen< fei' shou's " really there are both fat and lean", that is very good meat-a buyer going to the butcher's shop, if not particularly wishing to get more fat or more lean, calls the meat he wants 巴 瘦 fei- shou'' that is fat and lean together. So the phrase 你 鈴我 ~ - 斤 巴瘦 §2 ni' kei'uo-'i' chin' fei- shou ，r， means " give me a pound of good meat',. 梨 ^ li- kao*, pear jam dried in slices. 穌 su'， is said of the food and particularly of pastry, when it is so delicate that it melts in the mouth-french "fondant". 脆 ts'uei, crisp. 豆 汁 兒 tou; chih' ，r， a decoction of seeds which is drunk in spring time and is thought a powerful agent to cool one's blood : it is mostly used by Bannermen. 老西兒 lao' hsi' ，r， nickname given