Hundred- year Egg Also called century egg, thousand-year egg and Ming Dynasty egg, all of which are eggs that have been preserved by being covered with a coating of lime, ashes and salt before being shallowly buried for 100 days. The lime「petrifies」 the egg, making it look like it's been buried for at least a century.
又叫明朝特有的蛋，蛋被層層包裹著而且還被埋起來，這讓人看起來像被埋了至少一個世紀壞掉的一樣，因此而得名。
preserved egg [簡明英漢詞典]
n.皮蛋
皮蛋的正式英文是 preserved egg。
皮蛋是鴨蛋經過特殊的材料製作而成的，裡面含鉛的成分很高。
對於西洋人來說，皮蛋就像壞掉的鴨蛋一樣，味道難聞不說，口感奇怪。再加上洋人喜歡把事情誇大地說，所以稱皮蛋為100 year egg。這其實是外國人的一種性格啦，有點幽默的成分。
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