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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
cow's milk / CL: ,
HSK 1
milk cow / dairy cow
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  *懾* | 懾* | *懾
(bound form) to fear; to be cowed / (bound form) to frighten; to intimidate / Taiwan pr. [zhe2]
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
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
six domestic animals, namely: pig, cow, sheep, horse, chicken and dog
the three sacrificial animals (originally cow, sheep and pig; later pig, chicken and fish)
mad cow disease / bovine spongiform encephalopathy, BSE
cow horn
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
cow
cow / cattle
Artiodactyla (even-toed ungulates, such as pigs, cows, giraffes etc)
cow (female camel)
lit. the cow licking its calf fondly (idiom) / fig. to show deep affection towards one's children
cow's milk
(of cows) to ruminate
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.
mermaid / dugong / sea cow / manatee / giant salamander
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
(fig.) attractive and easy mark / source of steady profit / moneymaker / cash cow
to ruminate (of cows)
cow pox
brisket (esp. Cantonese) / belly beef / spongy meat from cow's underside and neighboring ribs / erroneously translated as sirloin
cash cow
to threaten / to intimidate / to cow
cow from Wu is terrified by the moon, mistaking it for the sun
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.
(in ancient times) sacrificial animal (cow, sheep or pig)
cow's piss, horse's ulcer (idiom); worthless nonsense / insignificant
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
mad cow disease (bovine spongiform encephalopathy)
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  *犨* | 犨* | *犨
panting of cow / grunting of ox
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
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *哞* | 哞* | *哞
moo (sound made by cow)
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *牯* | 牯* | *牯
bullock / cow
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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
bovine spongiform encephalopathy, BSE / mad cow disease
cow and famous steed at the same trough (idiom); fig. the common and the great are treated alike


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