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地沟油
地溝油
dìgōuyóu
1. cooking oil that has been used and discarded (and, in China, sometimes illegally recovered from gutters and sewers, reprocessed and sold back to restaurants)

Character Breakdown

地
de
earth, ground, soil; land, region; structural particle used before a verb
HSK 3 6 丶
沟
gōu
ditch, drain, gutter, narrow waterway
HSK 5 7 丶
油
yóu
oil, fat, grease, lard; oil paints
HSK 4 8 丶

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Chinese