Buddha Jumps Over the Wall

English

Alternative forms

  • Buddha jumps over the wall

Etymology

Calque of Chinese 佛跳牆 / 佛跳墙 (fótiàoqiáng).

Noun

Buddha Jumps Over the Wall (uncountable)

  1. A variety of shark fin soup in Fujian cuisine.
    Synonym: fotiaoqiang
    • [2007 June 18, Nina Zagat, Tim Zagat, “Meanwhile: Eating Beyond Sichuan”, in The New York Times‎[1], New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 11 December 2025:
      Or the Fujianese soup that is so rich and sought after that it is poetically called "Buddha Jumps Over the Wall," meaning it is so good that a Buddhist monk would be compelled to break his vegetarian vows to sample it?]
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