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charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *頭* | 頭* | *頭
head / hair style / the top / end / beginning or end / a stub / remnant / chief / boss / side / aspect / first / leading / classifier for pigs or livestock / CL: 個|个
HSK 2
pig-gut (large intestine used as foodstuff)
guinea pig
pig's blood cake, popular as a snack in Taiwan, made from glutinous rice and pig's blood, typically coated in peanut powder and coriander and served with dipping sauces
to kill the pigs and slaughter the sheep (idiom)
obstinate; stubborn; pig-headed
to eat and drink as much as one likes / to make a pig of oneself
sweating like rain (idiom); to perspire profusely / sweating like a pig
to gorge oneself / to pig out
Peppa, from Peppa Pig cartoon
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)
live pig; pig on the hoof
suckling pig
lit. the sun rises in the west (idiom) / fig. hell freezes over / pigs can fly
lit. a dead pig doesn't fear scalding water (saying) / fig. a person who has nothing more to lose will go to any lengths, regardless of the consequences
lit. people fear getting famous like pigs fear fattening up (for the slaughter) / fig. fame has its price
(slang) craving to eat; urge to pig out
enclosure / pig pen / hunting ground exclusively kept for emperor or nobility (in former times)
Artiodactyla (even-toed ungulates, such as pigs, cows, giraffes etc)
white mouse / lab mouse; lab rat / (fig.) human guinea pig
Zhu Bajie, character in Journey to the West 西遊記|西游记, with pig-like characteristics and armed with a muckrake / Pigsy in Arthur Waley's translation
pig offal
to eat and drink gluttonously / to pig out
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *豬* | 豬* | *豬
hog / pig / swine / CL: , 頭|头
HSK 3
pig's trotters
pig's tail (meat)
guinea pig / cavy
pig butchering scam (where the scammer builds trust with the victim over time, "fattening them up," before ultimately "slaughtering" them by taking their money); (esp.) romance scam
lit. people fear getting famous like pigs fear fattening up (for the slaughter) / fig. fame has its price
(coll.) feeder pig
pig iron
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *豗* | 豗* | *豗
clash / grunting of pigs
pig-dog (intended as insult) / Schweinhund
pig iron / foundry iron
Artiodactyla (even-toed ungulates, such as pigs, cows, giraffes etc)
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *豚* | 豚* | *豚
suckling pig
Bay of Pigs (Cuba)
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *豜* | 豜* | *豜
fully grown pig / 3-year old pig
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *豝* | 豝* | *豝
corned beef / female pig / sow
pig shed
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *蹄* | 蹄* | *蹄
hoof / pig's trotters
(in ancient times) sacrificial animal (cow, sheep or pig)
guinea pig (Cavia porcellus)
pig head / (coll.) fool / jerk
soft, fat meat of pig's belly / sow's sagging teats / weakling / flabby person / also written 囊膪
weeds or grass used to feed pigs
boar taint, the taste or odor of sweat or urine in pork from uncastrated pigs
cylindrical bamboo or wire frame used to constrain a pig during transport
pig trotters
grunting of pigs
boar taint, the taste or odor of sweat or urine in pork from uncastrated pigs
Berkshire pig / Berkshire swine
to kill a pig as a lesson to the children (idiom); parents must teach by example
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *豖* | 豖* | *豖
a shackled pig
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *彐* | 彐* | *彐
pig snout (Kangxi radical 58)
worse than a dog or pig / lower than low
pork bouillon powder / (neologism) (slang) a person who, like a pig, is fat and ugly and given to histrionics
(economics) (derog.) PIGS (Portugal, Italy, Greece and Spain) / PIIGS (Portugal, Italy, Ireland, Greece and Spain)
Zhu Bajie 豬八戒|猪八戒 or Zhu Wuneng, Pigsy or Pig (in Journey to the West)
guinea pig
Zhu Bajie 豬八戒|猪八戒 or Zhu Wuneng, Pigsy or Pig (in Journey to the West)
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *豱* | 豱* | *豱
short-headed pig
(derog.) white person; white pig
glutton; greedy pig
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *豞* | 豞* | *豞
grunting of pigs
pig streptococcus / streptococcus suis
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *煺* | 煺* | *煺
to pluck poultry or depilate pigs using hot water
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *豵* | 豵* | *豵
litter of pigs / little pig
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *豭* | 豭* | *豭
boar / male pig
feeder pig
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *豶* | 豶* | *豶
gelded pig
soft, fat meat of pig's belly / sow's sagging teats / weakling / flabby person / also written 囊揣
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *豷* | 豷* | *豷
breathing of pigs
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *腯* | 腯* | *腯
fat (of pigs)
live pig


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