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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
fish brings heat, meat brings phlegm, vegetables and tofu keep you healthy
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
stewed meat
to eat meat after having maintained a vegetarian diet / (fig.) to do sth as a novel experience
lit. to eat but finely ground grain and finely chopped meat (idiom, from Analects) / fig. to be fastidious about one's food
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  *燥* | 燥* | *燥
dry; parched / impatient; vexed / (bound form) (Taiwan pr. [sao4]) minced meat
to barbecue meat; to roast meat / barbecued meat; roast meat
HSK 5
yakiniku (Japanese-style grilled meat)
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  *剔* | 剔* | *剔
to scrape the meat from bones / to pick (teeth etc) / to weed out
downtown area / commercial district / (chiefly Cantonese) wet market, i.e. a marketplace selling fresh meat, fish and vegetables etc
lit. to be the meat on sb's chopping block (idiom) / fig. to be at sb's mercy
canned luncheon meat / Spam
plant-based meat
dried oyster meat
to debone / (of meat or fish) boneless
fat (e.g. pork fat) / fatty meat / (fig.) a gold mine / cash cow
cold plate / cold meats
meat and vegetable
to cure by drying over a fire (tea, meat etc) / to bake
a meat pie falls from the sky (idiom) / to have something fall into your lap
meat slice
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
to slaughter (an animal for meat) / to butcher
rice with meat and vegetables
red meat
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  *柴* | 柴* | *柴
firewood / lean (of meat) / thin (of a person)
meat tenderizer powder
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  *醃* | 醃* | *醃
to salt / to pickle / to cure (meat) / to marinate
bacon / salt-cured meat
to abstain from eating meat / to be a vegetarian
mutton / goat meat
body fat, esp. the layer of fat under the skin (used in reference to humans, animals or meat)
juice (extracted from fresh fruit or vegetables) / stock (obtained by simmering meat)
sheep's head / fig. advertisement for good meat
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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
non-vegetarian dish (including meat, fish, garlic, onion etc)
meat foods
devour raw meat and fowl (of savages)
(coll.) lean (figure, meat etc) / slender
vegetable and meat dishes; dish
typhoon shelter (a cove where boats shelter from strong winds and rough seas, esp. in Hong Kong) / (attributive) typhoon shelter-style, a cooking method associated with those who lived on boats in the coves, where crab, prawn or other meat is fried and flavored with spices and black beans
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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  *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 cut some meat / to cut off a piece of flesh / (fig.) (coll.) to sell at a loss
lean meat
chicken raised for meat / broiler / (computing) zombie / infected computer in a botnet
dog meat
noodles in meat soup
shredded meat / shredded pork
meat patty
meat that has been cured and air-dried in the cold (esp. during the 12th lunar month)
rice noodle roll, a roll made from sheets of rice flour dough, steamed and stuffed with meat, vegetables etc
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  *膴* | 膴* | *膴
big piece of meat / dried meat
meat and fish
dish containing a variety of meats and vegetables arranged in a broth in a clay pot / chafing dish
to freeze-dry / freeze-dried food (such as meat or fruit)
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  *剁* | 剁* | *剁
to chop up (meat etc) / to chop off (sb's hand etc)
meat that is not refrigerated after the animal is slaughtered
soft mixed vegetable and meat roll-up
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  *脡* | 脡* | *脡
brisket meat / straight
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  *臠* | 臠* | *臠
skinny / sliced meat
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  *葷* | 葷* | *葷
strong-smelling vegetable (garlic etc) / non-vegetarian food (meat, fish etc) / vulgar / obscene
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  *鯖* | 鯖* | *鯖
(literary) boiled stew of fish and meat
pig's tail (meat)
meat soup / broth
to eat meat and drink wine
chop / rib meat
raw meat
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  *脯* | 脯* | *脯
dried meat / preserved fruit
meat cleaver
hazelnut kernel / hazelnut "meat"
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  *瘦* | 瘦* | *瘦
thin / to lose weight / (of clothing) tight / (of meat) lean / (of land) unproductive
HSK 5
lakes of wine and forests of meat (idiom); debauchery / sumptuous entertainment
flesh of fish / fish and meat / (fig.) victims of oppression / (fig.) to cruelly oppress (i.e. to treat like flesh to be carved up)
dishes with generous amounts of meat and fish / lavish meal
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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
lit. the meat falls apart as it stews, but it all stays in the pot (idiom) / fig. some of us may lose or gain, but in any case the benefits don't go to outsiders
meat floss / shredded dried pork
crab meat
crab meat
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  *醢* | 醢* | *醢
minced meat / pickled meat
many wolves and not enough meat / not enough to go around
plain boiled pork / white meat (fish, poultry etc)
one man's meat is another man's poison (idiom)
minced meat sauce / (fig.) mincemeat / a person cut to pieces
meat
salt pork / bacon / marinaded meat / cured meat
hot pot / a dish where thinly sliced meat and vegetables are boiled briefly in a broth and then served with dipping sauces
rice in gravy, typically with meat and vegetables
brisket (esp. Cantonese) / belly beef / spongy meat from cow's underside and neighboring ribs / erroneously translated as sirloin
incomplete meal of a single dish / meat or vegetable dish without rice or wine / rice without meat or vegetables
ground meat
minced meat
breast meat (of chicken etc)
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  *燔* | 燔* | *燔
burn / to roast meat for sacrifice
shengjian, a pan-fried bun filled with meat and juices, a Shanghai specialty
meat stick / penis
rice with meat and vegetables
siu mei (燒味|烧味) made from cured meat 臘肉|腊肉

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