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A traditional Chinese cuisine in which small portions of a variety of foods, including an assortment of steamed or fried dumplings, are served in succession.

[Chinese (Cantonese) tímsam, light refreshments, equivalent to Chinese (Mandarin) din, spot, drop + Chinese (Mandarin) xn, heart.]

dim sum [ˈdɪm ˈsʌm]

(Cookery) a Chinese appetizer of steamed dumplings containing various fillings

[Cantonese]

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dim sum - traditional Chinese cuisine; a variety of foods (including several kinds of steamed or fried dumplings) are served successively in small portions

cuisine, culinary art - the practice or manner of preparing food or the food so prepared

Cathay, China, Communist China, mainland China, People's Republic of China, PRC, Red China - a communist nation that covers a vast territory in eastern Asia; the most populous country in the world

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Cathay China Communist China cuisine culinary art mainland China People's Republic of China PRC Red China			Fairly new on the Hong Kong scene are cooking classes -- from all branches of the Super Star Restaurants guests can take a dim sum cooking class with at lease six people per class. Hong Kong cooks up dim sum by Travel & Tourism News 7DAYS was invited down to Steam Sum Dim Sum at Festival City to see how its head chef, a young Czech man called Tomas Rejer, creates these miniature mouthwatering masterpieces. Learn sum new skills by 7 Days (Dubai, United Arab Emirates) Many non-Chinese think that dim sum is just a steamed dumpling with maybe a dipping sauce to accompany it However, although that is one type of dim sum, the term "dim sum" does not refer to a single recipe but to a style of serving a vast selection of different snack type items Many non-Chinese think that dim sum is just a steamed dumpling with maybe a dipping sauce to accompany it. Chinese Food - Dim Sum by Liz Canham / Food/cooking/nutrition community			dillydallier dillydally Dilogical Dilogy diltiazem Dilucid Dilucidate Dilucidation diluent dilutant dilute diluted Diluteness Diluter dilution diluvial diluvialism Diluvialist Diluvian diluvianism Diluviate diluvium dim dim bulb dim out dim sum dim-out Dim-sighted dim-witted dim. DiMaggio Dimaris Dimash Dimashq Dimatis Dimble Dimbleby dime dime bag dime novel dime store dimenhydrinate dimension Dimension stone Dimensional Dimensional lumber dimensionality Dimensioned dimensioning Dimensionless dimensionless number			diluvian diluvian diluvianism Diluviate diluvion Diluvium Diluvium DILV Dilwale Dulhaniya Le Jayange Dilworth Electrical, Optical, and Computer Systems Dilworth theorem Dilworth's theorem Dilworth, Secord, Meager, and Associates Dilworth-Glyndon-Felton DILWRP DILYSI Dilzem dim dim dim dim dim dim dim bulb dim down Dim Light Melatonin Onset dim out dim out Dim sim DIM statement dim sum Dim Sum Market Dim Sum Market Dim Sum Markets Dim sum restaurant Dim Sums dim up Dim Wit DIM-3C dim-out dim-sighted dim-sighted Dim-sim Dim-sum dim-witted dim-witted dim-wittedly dim-wittedly dim-wittedness dim. dim. Dima Dima Bilan DIMACC DIMACS Dimages Photographic and Computing Services DiMaggio DiMaggio DiMaggio DiMaggio, Joe DiMaggio, Joe

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