dim sum
noun/ˌdɪm ˈsʌm/
/ˌdɪm ˈsʌm/
(also dim sim
[uncountable] (from Chinese)/ˌdɪm ˈsɪm/
/ˌdɪm ˈsɪm/
)- a Chinese dish or meal consisting of many small dishes, for eating with tea, usually dumplings (= small pieces of food wrapped in a mixture of flour, fat and water) that have been fried or steamed (= cooked over boiling water)Topics Foodc2Word Originfrom Chinese (Cantonese dialect) tim sam, from tim ‘dot’ and sam ‘heart’.
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