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  *老* | 老* | *老
prefix used before the surname of a person or a numeral indicating the order of birth of the children in a family or to indicate affection or familiarity / old (of people) / venerable (person) / experienced / of long standing / always / all the time / of the past / very / outdated / (of meat etc) tough
HSK 1
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  *肉* | 肉* | *肉
meat / flesh / pulp (of a fruit) / (coll.) (of a fruit) squashy / (of a person) flabby / irresolute / Kangxi radical 130
HSK 1
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  *鬆* | 鬆* | *鬆
loose / to loosen / to relax / floss (dry, fluffy food product made from shredded, seasoned meat or fish, used as a topping or filling)
HSK 4
to barbecue meat; to roast meat / barbecued meat; roast meat
HSK 5
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  *瘦* | 瘦* | *瘦
thin / to lose weight / (of clothing) tight / (of meat) lean / (of land) unproductive
HSK 5
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  *丁* | 丁* | *丁
male adult / the 4th of the 10 Heavenly Stems 天干 / fourth (used like "4" or "D") / small cube of meat or vegetable / (literary) to encounter / (archaic) ancient Chinese compass point: 195° / (chemistry) butyl
HSK 7-9
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  *臘* | 臘* | *臘
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
meat floss / shredded dried pork
meat soup / broth
chicken meat
mutton / goat meat
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  *醃* | 醃* | *醃
to salt / to pickle / to cure (meat) / to marinate
flesh of fish / fish and meat / (fig.) victims of oppression / (fig.) to cruelly oppress (i.e. to treat like flesh to be carved up)
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  *燥* | 燥* | *燥
dry; parched / impatient; vexed / (bound form) (Taiwan pr. [sao4]) minced meat
shrimp meat / shelled shrimp
siu mei (燒味|烧味) made from cured meat 臘肉|腊肉
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  *柴* | 柴* | *柴
firewood / lean (of meat) / thin (of a person)
lakes of wine and forests of meat (idiom); debauchery / sumptuous entertainment
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  *燴* | 燴* | *燴
to braise / to cook (rice etc) with vegetables, meat and water
shredded meat / shredded pork
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  *齋* | 齋* | *齋
to fast or abstain from meat, wine etc / vegetarian diet / study room / building / to give alms (to a monk)
meat grinder
to cure by drying over a fire (tea, meat etc) / to bake
meat slice
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  *剁* | 剁* | *剁
to chop up (meat etc) / to chop off (sb's hand etc)
meat pie / pie / pasty
stewed meat
canned luncheon meat / Spam
juice (extracted from fresh fruit or vegetables) / stock (obtained by simmering meat)
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  *剔* | 剔* | *剔
to scrape the meat from bones / to pick (teeth etc) / to weed out
meat stock
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
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  *熗* | 熗* | *熗
to briefly boil (a vegetable etc), then dress with soy sauce, oil, vinegar etc / to briefly stir-fry (meat, chopped spring onions etc), then add to other ingredients and cook further
downtown area / commercial district / (chiefly Cantonese) wet market, i.e. a marketplace selling fresh meat, fish and vegetables etc
minced meat sauce / (fig.) mincemeat / a person cut to pieces
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  *餃* | 餃* | *餃
dumplings with meat filling
soft mixed vegetable and meat roll-up
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  *脡* | 脡* | *脡
brisket meat / straight
cold plate / cold meats
(dialect) lean meat
many wolves and not enough meat / not enough to go around
rice with meat and vegetables
(dialect) dog meat
ground meat / mincemeat
cold or frozen meat
fat (e.g. pork fat) / fatty meat / (fig.) a gold mine / cash cow
crab roe / crab spawn / (used for crab meat in general)
salt pork / bacon / marinaded meat / cured meat
rice with meat and vegetables
diced chicken meat
devour raw meat and fowl (of savages)
lit. to hang a sheep's head while selling dog meat (idiom) / fig. to cheat / dishonest advertising / wicked deeds carried out under banner of virtue
dried meat
pig's tail (meat)
meat cleaver
to abstain from eating meat / to be a vegetarian
fish fillet / slice of fish meat
"ants climbing a tree", a Sichuan dish made with cellophane noodles 粉絲|粉丝 and ground meat (so called because the particles of meat clinging to the noodles look like ants on the twigs of a tree) / (sex position) man standing, woman clinging to his upper body / (erotic massage) full-body licking
sweet and sour meat (pork)
to stew meat / stewed meat
lit. to fling a meat bun at a dog (idiom) / fig. to flush (one's money or efforts) down the toilet / to kiss sth goodbye
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  *肴* | 肴* | *肴
meat dishes / mixed viands
dish containing a variety of meats and vegetables arranged in a broth in a clay pot / chafing dish
to stew meat without seasoning
plain boiled pork / white meat (fish, poultry etc)
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  *脩* | 脩* | *脩
dried meat presented by pupils to their teacher at their first meeting (in ancient times) / dried; withered
sheep's head / fig. advertisement for good meat
lit. the toad wants to eat swan meat (idiom) / fig. to try to punch above one's weight
meat stick / penis
aspic; meat jelly
lean meat
(milk) to turn sour / (meat, fish) to go off
to irrigate / to pour water into / to inject water into meat to increase its weight (plumping) / to cook the books / to post low-value messages (small talk etc) on Internet forums
hazelnut kernel / hazelnut "meat"
to slaughter (an animal for meat) / to butcher
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  *膰* | 膰* | *膰
cooked meat used in sacrifice
ground meat
rice flour meat
plump (of fruit) / fat (of meat) / fertile (of land)
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  *腶* | 腶* | *腶
dried meat
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  *腊* | 腊* | *腊
dried meat / also pr. [xi2]
crab meat
non-vegetarian dish (including meat, fish, garlic, onion etc)
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  *臠* | 臠* | *臠
skinny / sliced meat
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  *鯖* | 鯖* | *鯖
(literary) boiled stew of fish and meat
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  *膾* | 膾* | *膾
chopped meat or fish
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  *醢* | 醢* | *醢
minced meat / pickled meat
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  *脯* | 脯* | *脯
dried meat / preserved fruit
hot pot / a dish where thinly sliced meat and vegetables are boiled briefly in a broth and then served with dipping sauces
(coll.) lean (figure, meat etc) / slender
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  *膴* | 膴* | *膴
big piece of meat / dried meat
meat that has been cured and air-dried in the cold (esp. during the 12th lunar month)
raw meat
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  *燔* | 燔* | *燔
burn / to roast meat for sacrifice
the flesh of oyster / marinated oyster meat
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  *脤* | 脤* | *脤
sacrificial meat (raw)
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  *醓* | 醓* | *醓
brine of pickled meat
dog meat
meat

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