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dim sum

noun
🔊/ˌdɪm ˈsʌm/
🔊/ˌdɪm ˈsʌm/
(also dim sim
🔊/ˌdɪm ˈsɪm/
🔊/ˌdɪm ˈsɪm/
)
[uncountable] (from Chinese)
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  1. a Chinese dish or meal consisting of small pieces of food wrapped in sheets of dough点心（中国食品）Topics Foodc2
    Word Originfrom Chinese (Cantonese dialect) tim sam, from tim ‘dot’ and sam ‘heart’.