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HSK
cow's milk / CL: ,
HSK 1
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  *牛* | 牛* | *牛
ox / cow / bull / CL: 條|条, 頭|头 / newton (abbr. for 牛頓|牛顿) / (slang) awesome
HSK 3
milk cow / dairy cow
HSK 6
cow horn
(in ancient times) sacrificial animal (cow, sheep or pig)
to threaten / to intimidate / to cow
brisket (esp. Cantonese) / belly beef / spongy meat from cow's underside and neighboring ribs / erroneously translated as sirloin
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  *腩* | 腩* | *腩
brisket / belly beef / spongy meat from cow's underside and neighboring ribs / see 牛腩 esp. Cantonese / erroneously translated as sirloin
mermaid / dugong / sea cow / manatee / giant salamander
(fig.) attractive and easy mark / source of steady profit / moneymaker / cash cow
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *牯* | 牯* | *牯
bullock / cow
fat (e.g. pork fat) / fatty meat / (fig.) a gold mine / cash cow
lit. to play the lute to a cow (idiom) / fig. offering a treat to an unappreciative audience / to cast pearls before swine / caviar to the general / to preach to deaf ears / to talk over sb's head
mad cow disease (bovine spongiform encephalopathy)
lit. the cow licking its calf fondly (idiom) / fig. to show deep affection towards one's children
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  *哞* | 哞* | *哞
moo (sound made by cow)
cow's milk
Artiodactyla (even-toed ungulates, such as pigs, cows, giraffes etc)
lit. to hang one's books on cow horns (idiom) / fig. to be diligent in one's studies
(of cows) to ruminate
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  *犨* | 犨* | *犨
panting of cow / grunting of ox
common name for 麋鹿, Père David's deer (Elaphurus davidianus), which is said to resemble an amalgam of animals such as a cow, deer, donkey and horse / an odd mixture of disparate elements / hodgepodge / farrago
the three sacrificial animals (originally cow, sheep and pig; later pig, chicken and fish)
cow's piss, horse's ulcer (idiom); worthless nonsense / insignificant
to honor sb as a God (idiom); to revere / to worship / to deify / to make a holy cow of sth / to put sb on a pedestal
lit. an old cow eats young grass (idiom) / fig. a May-December relationship / a romance where the man is significantly older than the woman
the love of a cow licking her calf (idiom) / parental love
to call sth a cow or a horse (idiom); it doesn't matter what you call it / Insult me if you want, I don't care what you call me.
six domestic animals, namely: pig, cow, sheep, horse, chicken and dog
to call sth a cow or a horse (idiom); it doesn't matter what you call it / Insult me if you want, I don't care what you call me.
to ruminate (of cows)
mad cow disease / bovine spongiform encephalopathy, BSE
cow
cow / cattle
cow and famous steed at the same trough (idiom); fig. the common and the great are treated alike
Artiodactyla (even-toed ungulates, such as pigs, cows, giraffes etc)
cow from Wu is terrified by the moon, mistaking it for the sun
bovine spongiform encephalopathy, BSE / mad cow disease
cow pox
cow and famous steed at the same trough (idiom); fig. the common and the great are treated alike / also written 牛驥同皂|牛骥同皂
cash cow
cow (female camel)


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