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tofu / bean curd
HSK 4
to rot / to putrefy / (fig.) corrupt
HSK 7-9
to oppose corruption / anti-graft (measures, policy etc)
(lit. and fig.) corrosive / corrosiveness
fish brings heat, meat brings phlegm, vegetables and tofu keep you healthy
corrosion / to corrode (degrade chemically) / to rot / corruption
HSK 7-9
to rot / to decay / to become corrupt
HSK 7-9
corruption / to corrupt / to rot / rotten
HSK 7-9
to fight corruption and advocate probity
trite / clichéd / empty and trite / banality / platitude
stinky tofu / strong-smelling preserved beancurd / fig. rough exterior but lovable person
home-style tofu
lit. to change something rotten into something magical (idiom)
mapo tofu / stir-fried beancurd in chili sauce
anti-corruption
rotproof / antiseptic / anti-corrosion
flowing water does not rot
proof against corrosion
to have a sharp tongue but a soft heart (idiom)
pedantic / trite / inflexible / adherence to old ideas
hasty men don't get to eat hot tofu (idiom) / one just has to be patient / haste will ruin everything
outmoded / decadent / decaying
jellied tofu / soft bean curd
rotten / decayed / decadent / degenerate
HSK 7-9
fried tofu (cubes)
blood tofu (coagulated animal blood)
to take liberties with (a woman) / to tease with sexual innuendo / to sexually harass / to take advantage of sb
to grumble / to chatter away incessantly
anti-corruption
fujoshi (woman who likes manga about male homosexual love) (derived from Japanese 腐女子 "fujoshi")
the crime of corruption
to rot / to spoil / (fig.) to become corrupted
perishable
preservative / antiseptic
see 豆干
to fight corruption and forestall moral degeneration
egg tofu (a Japanese egg-based delicacy with a smooth, silken texture similar to tofu)
rolls of dried soymilk cream (used in cooking after being rehydrated)
okara (i.e. soy pulp, a by-product of making soymilk or tofu)
tofu skin (made by drying the skin that forms on the surface of soymilk during cooking, and therefore not actually made from tofu)
UK (slang term reflecting a perception of UK as decadent for its attitudes toward homosexuality)
humus (topsoil of decayed vegetation)
humic acid
(idiom) corruption
rotten (smell) / stinking / putrid
almond tofu; almond jelly (dessert made with apricot kernel milk, sugar and agar)
fermented bean curd
the God of Thunder strikes bean curd, a bully picks the weakest person / to pick on an easy target
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decay / rotten
decomposed corpse
rotting flesh; carrion
jellied tofu / soft bean curd
corruption
jerry-built building project / lit. built on soybean dregs
to detest sth or sb to the utmost extreme (idiom)
castration (a form of punishment during the Han period)
lit. knife mouth but heart of bean curd; sharp tongue concealing a caring heart
Cymbidium macrorrhizum Lindl.
the God of Thunder strikes bean curd / fig. to bully the weakest person / to pick on an easy target
pickled tofu
a corrosive (chemical)
putrid belching (medical term)
fermented soybean curd
four seasons beancurd
lit. flowing water does not rot, nor a door-hinge rust (idiom) / fig. constant activity prevents decay
corruption
putrid belching with regurgitation of stomach acid (medical term)
isohumisol (soil taxonomy)
lit. like tofu strung on horsetail, you can't lift it / fig. let's not talk of this (pun on )
scavenger
putrid belching (medical term)
belching of sour putrid gas (medical term)


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