烧腊

烧腊	shāo là	siu mei (烧味) made from cured meat 腊肉
烧	shāo	to burn; to set on fire / to heat (over a fire); to boil (water, tea etc) / to braise / to cook; to prepare food / to run a fever / fever / (coll.) to become full of oneself; to get carried away
腊	xī	dried meat / also pr. [xi2]
腊	là	old variant of 腊
腊	là	ancient practice of offering sacrifices to the gods in the 12th lunar month / the 12th lunar month / (bound form) (of meat, fish etc) cured in winter, esp. in the 12th lunar month