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肉
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Definitions
- 1. meat
- 2. flesh
- 3. pulp (of a fruit)
- 4. (coll.) (of a fruit) squashy
- 5. (of a person) flabby
- 6. irresolute
- 7. Kangxi radical 130
Example Sentences
1 shown那個 肉 是雞 肉 。
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Words Containing 肉
loin
barbecue sauce
plant-based meat
pork skin
fig. to complain despite being privileged
nasal polyp
beef noodle soup
one's own flesh and blood (idiom); closely related
rotting flesh; carrion
(bird species of China) flesh-footed shearwater (Puffinus carneipes)
raw meat
intramuscular injection
pork
lit. even a mosquito, though tiny, provides some nourishment (idiom)
lakes of wine and forests of meat (idiom); debauchery
one's own flesh and blood
crab meat
a thorn in one's flesh
Carnivora, order of carnivores within Mammalia
meat soup
physical pain
(medicine) polyp
fleshy
hand-to-hand combat
pork belly
to put on a fake smile (idiom)
meat grinder
The Carnal Prayer Mat, Chinese erotic novel from 17th century, usually attributed to Li Yu 李漁|李渔[lǐ yǔ]
sweet and sour meat (pork)
lit. drinking buddy (idiom)
noodles in meat soup
bak-kut-teh or pork ribs soup, popular in Malaysia and Singapore
succulent root (botany)
shredded meat
red braised pork
vegetarian meat substitute
lean meat
corporeal body
physical body
meat
carnival (esp. Christian)
butcher
beef with broccoli
the person one loves the most
human flesh search engine
butcher
see 掛羊頭賣狗肉|挂羊头卖狗肉[guà yáng tóu mài gǒu ròu]
to cut some meat
many wolves and not enough meat
pork and scrambled eggs
bacon
lit. even a locust provides some nourishment (idiom)
leanness-enhancing agent (for livestock)
to stew meat
stir-fried pork with garlic
to cut one's flesh to cover a sore (idiom); faced with a current crisis, to make it worse by a temporary expedient
annoying person
muscle tissue
wart
cutlet
to crowdsource information about sb or sth (typically as a form of vigilantism resulting in doxing)
sweet and sour pork
meat that is not refrigerated after the animal is slaughtered
(coll.) experienced and usually well-positioned middle-aged man
veal
salt pork
lit. the dead returning to life
gravy
(fig.) to use sex to pay off (a debt)
lit. the toad wants to eat swan meat (idiom)
stew
botulinum toxin
chicken meat
minced meat sauce
to eat sb's flesh and sleep on their hide (idiom); to swear revenge on sb
comb (fleshy crest on a bird's head)
lit. meat wedged in steamed bun
lit. to shed skin, drop flesh
meat patty
minced mutton
hostage
sweet and sour pork
carnal desire
(bird species of China) red-wattled lapwing (Vanellus indicus)
to have intercourse
flesh of fish
minced meat
hand-held mutton (mutton pieces on the bone, eaten with the fingers)
excess flesh; unwanted fat; flab; bulge
carnivore
meatball
sickening
quality of meat
butcher
naked eye
ground meat
a book is not judged by its cover (idiom)
lamb kebab
twice-cooked pork
flesh and blood flying (idiom); carnage
flesh
close kindred slaughter one another (idiom); internecine strife
fat (e.g. pork fat)
blood relation
to make a humble apology (formal writing)
carnivorous
Duchenne muscular dystrophy
ground meat
diced meat
loin (of pork)
lit. both the palm and the back of the hand are made of flesh (idiom)
ba-wan, dumpling made of glutinous dough, typically stuffed with minced pork, bamboo shoots etc, and served with a savory sauce (Taiwanese snack) (from Taiwanese 肉圓, Tai-lo pr. [bah-uân])
Chinese cinnamon (Cinnamomum cassia)
as close as flesh and bones (idiom); deep friendship
pad (on animal paw)
bacon
venison
butcher's shop
breast meat (brisket, chicken breast etc)
barbecue (lit. roast meat)
see 掛羊頭賣狗肉|挂羊头卖狗肉[guà yáng tóu mài gǒu ròu]
Kaposi's sarcoma
lit. to fling a meat bun at a dog (idiom)
lit. the weak are prey to the strong (idiom)
human (used attributively, as in 人肉盾牌[rén ròu dùn pái], human shield)
ground meat; mincemeat
meat slice
fish brings heat, meat brings phlegm, vegetables and tofu keep you healthy
pork
mutton
plain boiled pork
a thorn in one's side
lit. to be the meat on sb's chopping block (idiom)
stewed meat
sirloin (beef joint)
to prey on the people
meat stick
Clostridium difficile (bacterium causing gut infection)
dog meat
to be badly mangled or mutilated (idiom)
the trick of injuring oneself to gain the enemy's confidence
(won't) hurt (to do sth)
beef grilled on a hot iron plate
feelings deeper than for one's own flesh and blood (idiom)
Turkish döner kebab
muscular
botulism
carnivorous
see 開齋節|开斋节[kāi zhāi jié]
bacon
pulp
corporal punishment (such as castration or amputation)
(coll.) teen idol (male)
bacon
Clostridium botulinum
minced meat
dried beef
chicken raised for meat
dried meat
pterygium (medicine)
canned luncheon meat
stir-fried diced pork
fig. (of people from higher class etc) to be oblivious to other people's plight
muscle
butchering one another as fish and flesh (idiom); killing one another
yakiniku (Japanese-style grilled meat)
lit. to hang a sheep's head while selling dog meat (idiom)
pork strips stir-fried with yuxiang 魚香|鱼香[yú xiāng]
flesh lacerated from corporal punishment (idiom)
lit. heart alarmed, body leaping (idiom); fear and trepidation in the face of disaster
streaky bacon
Mongolian hot pot
beef
meat merchant
rice flour meat
skin and flesh
döner kebab
carnivore
Myristicaceae (family of plants producing aromatic or hallucinogenic oils, including nutmeg)
beef meatballs
succulent (plant)
carnitine (biochemistry)
fierce-looking
chop
sexiness
steamed pork
muscle relaxant (medicine)
meat stock
sweet and sour meat (pork)
plump
cured meat; bacon
red meat
walking corpse (idiom)
meat cleaver
ignoramus (idiom)
dried longan pulp
muscular dystrophy
stir-fried pork, favorite of Northern Song writer Su Shi 蘇軾|苏轼, a.k.a. Su Dongpo 蘇東坡|苏东坡
soft skin and tender flesh (idiom)
lit. interrelated as bones and flesh (idiom); inseparably related
chubby
carnivorous species
minced pork
dishes with generous amounts of meat and fish
nutmeg (Myristica fragrans Houtt)
sweet and sour pork
meat floss
observation by naked eye
lit. the meat falls apart as it stews, but it all stays in the pot (idiom)
dermo-muscular sac
(dialect) dog meat