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Buddha Jumps Over the Wall en · NOUN

Etymology

Calque of Chinese 佛跳牆 /佛跳墙 (fótiàoqiáng).

Meanings

1. (uncountable) A variety of shark fin soup in Fujian cuisine.
   • Or the Fujianese soup that is so rich and sought after that it is poetically called "Buddha Jumps Over the Wall," meaning it is so good that a Buddhist monk would be compelled to break his vegetarian vows to sample it? [2007 June 18, Nina Zagat, Tim Zagat, “Meanwhile: Eating Beyond Sichuan”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 11 Dec 2025:

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Synonyms

fotiaoqiang