dim sum
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- noun
- /dɪm sʌm/
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dim sum
- After our morning meeting, we decided to have dim sum at a local restaurant.
- dim sum restaurant
- dim sum lunch
- dim sum cart
But that's everything from Lunasia Dim Sum House and now it's time for the best and the least best.
- But that's everything from Lunasia Dim Sum House and now it's time for the best and the least best.
- Did you have any dim sum?
- I would meet the same dim sum place, or maybe it was a different restaurant on the same date, you know, every quarter.
Examples
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Locals like to go there to shop for cheap trinkets, bags of tea, and amazing dim sum!
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For brunch, we enjoyed a variety of dim sum accompanied by fragrant tea.
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Can we get two orders of dim sum, please?
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Are you ready for the dim sum bar?
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This is my first dim sum in Asia in literally years.
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Do you guys have any dim sum or dumplings?
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We bonded over dim sum and spatial reasoning.
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And no wonder, as the city provides countless options, from street food to dim sum to gourmet feasts.
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Finally, Super Great Wall Buffet's dim sum trays offer some of the better steamed dumplings available.
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Lin Heung Tea House has been around since 1928 and is the granddaddy of Hong Kong's dim sum joints.
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Surface Forms
Morphology
dim + sum
“Dim sum” is a lexicalized borrowing from Cantonese (點心) meaning a style of small Chinese dishes; the English words “dim” and “sum” (e.g., not bright, total) do not compose to produce this food-related meaning. Because the expression is culturally specific and not derivable from its apparent English constituents, a B1 learner who only knows the parts would not be able to infer the meaning.
Etymology
Dim sum comes from the Cantonese words dim meaning 'touch' and sum meaning 'heart'. The name described small, pleasing dishes that 'touch the heart', so today dim sum means a style of many small Chinese dishes usually served with tea.