thousand-year-old egg

noun

A century egg (a Chinese egg dish).

Meanings

nounthousand-year-old egg (plural thousand-year-old eggs)

plural thousand-year-old eggs

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

Synonyms & antonyms

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