China and Dish

China

China noun - High quality porcelain originally made only in China.

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Dish and China are semantically related In some cases you can use "Dish" instead a noun "China".

Nearby Words: chin, Chinese

Dish noun - A usually circular utensil for holding something (as food).

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China and dish are semantically related in eating receptacle topic. Sometimes you can use "China" instead a noun "Dish".

Nearby Words: dished, dishing, dishy, dishful

old	old China	old dish
good	good China	good dish
best	best China	best dish
original	original China	original dish
Other adjectives: actual, entire, big, new, traditional, amazing, next, favorite.

The usual explanation for this phenomenon is that when Richard Nixon visited China and was welcomed with a lavish banquet, whenever he found a particularly tasty dish he would ask Mao Zedong where the dish was from.

Source: Useful Notes / Cuisines in America
When Buck arrives at his brother's house, he sets himself up for a Dish Dash when he knocks a china plate off the shelf — and it doesn't break.

Source: Soft Glass
General Tso's Chicken, a popular "Hunanese" dish at American Chinese restaurants, was created by a Taiwanese chef (admittedly, of Hunanese extraction) at a New York restaurant (at least, that's one version of the story, but no one disputes that it was invented in United States and not in China).

Source: Eagleland Osmosis

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