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ants climbing a tree

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.

Definitions

  1. A Sichuan dish of ground meat cooked in a sauce and poured over cellophane noodles.

  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically

    Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see ants, climbing, a, tree.

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