残羹 (cán gēng) — (literary, noun) leftover food, remnants of a meal
Definition
Literary, set-phrase noun for scraps left after a banquet — almost always paired with 剩饭 as 残羹剩饭 to mean the most meager leftovers.
noun
(literary, noun) leftover foodremnants of a meal
Examples
- 。Tā zhǐ néng kào yì xiē cán gēng shèng fàn dù rì.He could only survive on scraps of leftover food.
- ，残羹。Yàn xí jié shù hòu, zhuō shàng quán shì cán gēng.After the banquet ended, the table was covered with leftovers.
- 残羹，。Fù rén diū diào de cán gēng, qióng rén què qiú zhī bù dé.The leftovers that the rich throw away are what the poor desperately need.
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