clear jelly that food can be put into when it is being served cold 肉冻 - in aspic
chicken breast in aspic 鸡脯冻 - (figurative)
We cannot preserve our culture in aspic. 我们无法保留我们的文化。
Word Originlate 18th cent.: from French, literally ‘asp’, from the colours of the jelly as compared with those of the snake.- in aspic