御膳

yùshàn

noun

Meanings

1 imperial cuisine
2 the emperor's meals

Characters

Examples

HSK 5

据说慈禧的御膳每顿有上百道菜。

Jùshuō Cíxǐ de yùshàn měi dùn yǒu shàngbǎi dào cài.

Cixi's imperial meals are said to have run to a hundred dishes at a time.

HSK 6

皇帝的御膳由专门的厨师来做。

Huángdì de yùshàn yóu zhuānmén de chúshī lái zuò.

The emperor's meals were prepared by dedicated chefs.

Tips

culture

The palace kitchen that cooked them was the 御膳房. After the Qing fell, former palace cooks opened 仿膳 in Beijing's Beihai Park in 1925, and it still serves dishes in the imperial style.

Stroke Order

御 yù

膳 shàn