Chapssal-tteok

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Chapssal-tteok

찹쌀떡

Korean glutinous rice cake

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Chapssal-tteok, also called chaltteok (찰떡, [tɕʰal.t͈ʌk̚]), is a tteok, or Korean rice cake, made of glutinous rice. Chapssal-tteok is traditionally provided as a good luck gift to students before exams. Its sticky texture symbolizes the answers "sticking" in students' minds.

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