Photo taken on June 2, 2019 shows colorful Zongzi, pyramid-shaped dumplings made of glutinous rice wrapped in bamboo or reed leaves, at a factory in Taijiang County, southwest China's Guizhou Province.[Photo: Xinhua/Liu Kaifu]
Photo taken on June 2, 2019 shows colorful Zongzi, pyramid-shaped dumplings made of glutinous rice wrapped in bamboo or reed leaves, at a factory in Taijiang County, southwest China's Guizhou Province.[Photo: Xinhua/Liu Kaifu]
Zongzi is a traditional(传统 chuántǒng) food(食物 shíwù) for the Dragon Boat Festival(端午节), which falls on June 7 this year. Different plant juices(汁 zhī) are used to color(染色 rǎnsè) the glutinous rice(糯米 nuòmǐ) when making the colorful Zongzi.
重点词汇 Key word:
染 <动词 v.>
Dye; color
E.g. Tā bǎ tóufa rǎn zǐ le.
他把头发染紫了。
He dyed his hair purple.
Catch (a disease); acquire (a bad habit, etc.)
E.g. Zhè bìng bù chuánrǎn.
这病不传染。
This disease is not infectious.
Photo taken on June 2, 2019 shows colorful Zongzi, pyramid-shaped dumplings made of glutinous rice wrapped in bamboo or reed leaves, at a factory in Taijiang County, southwest China's Guizhou Province.[Photo: Xinhua/Liu Kaifu]
Zongzi is a traditional(传统 chuántǒng) food(食物 shíwù) for the Dragon Boat Festival(端午节), which falls on June 7 this year. Different plant juices(汁 zhī) are used to color(染色 rǎnsè) the glutinous rice(糯米 nuòmǐ) when making the colorful Zongzi.
重点词汇 Key word:
染 <动词 v.>
Dye; color
E.g. Tā bǎ tóufa rǎn zǐ le.
他把头发染紫了。
He dyed his hair purple.
Catch (a disease); acquire (a bad habit, etc.)
E.g. Zhè bìng bù chuánrǎn.
这病不传染。
This disease is not infectious.
