thousand-year egg

noun

A century egg (a Chinese egg dish).

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Meanings

nounthousand-year egg (plural thousand-year eggs)

plural thousand-year eggs

  1. A century egg (a Chinese egg dish).

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
century egg
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thousand-year egg. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/thousand-year%20egg

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Chicago

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