散ちり蓮れん華げ

noun

ceramic spoon; Chinese-style spoon

Refers to the flat-bottomed ceramic spoon used in Chinese and Japanese cuisine, especially for soups. The name comes from its resemblance to a fallen lotus petal.

• ラーメンを食たべるときは散ちり蓮れん華げを使つかう。

  I use a ceramic spoon when eating ramen.

noun

fallen lotus petal

Literally a lotus petal that has fallen. This is the original meaning from which the spoon sense derives. Less common in everyday speech.

• 池いけの水すい面めんに散ちり蓮れん華げが浮うかんでいる。

  Fallen lotus petals are floating on the surface of the pond.