ants climbing a tree en · NOUN
Etymology
Calque of Chinese 螞蟻上樹 /蚂蚁上树 (mǎyǐshàngshù); the bits of ground meat clinging to the noodles evoke an image of ants walking on twigs.
Meanings
- (uncountable) A Sichuan dish of ground meat cooked in a sauce and poured over cellophane noodles.
- (uncountable) Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see ants, climbing, a, tree.
Translations (3)
fi jauhelihakastike-lasinuudelipannu (Sichuan dish) · fr fourmis grimpant à un arbre (Sichuan dish) · cmn 螞蟻上樹 /蚂蚁上树 (Sichuan dish)