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moo goo gai pan

  [moo goo gahy pan]
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–noun Cantonese Cookery.
a dish of sliced chicken stir-fried with button mushrooms and, often, assorted vegetables.
Origin:
< dial. Chin; cf. Chin mógu Mongolian-type mushroom (prob. < Mongolian; cf. Dagur (Mongolian language of NW Manchuria) muugee mushroom), jī chicken (Guangdong dial. gāi), piān slice(s)
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moo goo gai pan   (mōō' gōō' gī' pān')   
n.  A Cantonese dish of chicken, mushrooms, vegetables, and spices sautéed together.

[Chinese (Cantonese) mōhkoo kai paân, equivalent to Chinese (Mandarin) mógu jī piān : mógu, mushroom (mó, mushroom + gū, mushroom) + jī, chicken + piān, slice.]
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