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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: 瓶, 杯
HSK 1
jeans / CL: 條|条
HSK 5
see 牛屄 (euphemistic synonym of 牛屄)
see 牛屄 (euphemistic synonym of 牛屄)
cattle dog
lit. to work like an ox, to work like a horse; fig. to work extremely hard
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *牛* | 牛* | *牛
surname Niu
to talk big; to brag; to shoot off one's mouth / (dialect) to chat idly
HSK 7-9
denim
milk chocolate
white-edged morning glory
beef
milk cow / dairy cow
HSK 6
avocado (Persea americana) / shea nut (Vitellaria paradoxa)
bull
see 牛屄 (euphemistic synonym of 牛屄)
giant African snail (Lissachatina fulica)
(coll.) leading light / superstar / badass / (coll.) higher-priced model of Lamborghini
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
Year 2, year of the Bull or Ox (e.g. 2009)
yak (Bos grunniens)
bull market
Altair (star) / Cowherd of the folk tale Cowherd and Weaving maid 牛郎織女|牛郎织女
morning glory (Pharbitis nil)
(idiom) imposing and powerful; (in modern usage, esp.) extremely angry
toffee; chewy caramel candy
to boast / to talk big
evil monsters / (fig.) bad characters / (political) bad elements
(lit.) one hair from nine oxen (idiom) / (fig.) a drop in the ocean
cattle and sheep / livestock
Newtonian mechanics
Cowherd of the folk tale Cowherd and Weaving maid 牛郎織女|牛郎织女 / Altair (star)
cowherd boy / (slang) male prostitute
water buffalo
dried beef; beef jerky
tremendous strength (idiom)
Oxford (city in England)
Oxfordshire (English county)
mad cow disease / bovine spongiform encephalopathy, BSE
(beef) tenderloin
burdock (Arctium lappa)
to give a small demonstration of one's impressive skills (idiom)
chard (Beta vulgaris)
beef meatballs
cow horn
pure milk
taurine
(slang) extreme extrovert; socially fearless person (abbr. for 社交牛逼症)
bison
margarine
mad cow disease (bovine spongiform encephalopathy)
Red Bull (energy drink)
lit. to try to make an ox drink by forcing its head down to the water (idiom) / fig. to try to impose one's will on sb
Gyuumao
dairy cattle
lit. a clay ox enters the sea (idiom); fig. to disappear with no hope of returning
(coll.) haughty / overbearing / (economics) bullish
(loanword) nougat
bullheadedness / stubborn
cow
whole milk
cow cat
bullfrog
plow ox
fat-free milk; skim milk
(coll.) leading light / true expert / badass
butter / beef tallow
beef noodle soup
yoke
fatty beef slices (esp. for hot pot)
ox; cattle / scalper of tickets etc / (dialect) to fail to show up / (dialect) to break a promise
(lit.) why use an ox-cleaver to kill a chicken?; (fig.) there's no need to use great ability or resources for a trivial task
cowpox
croissant
sb who sells one's blood for a living
lit. newborn calves do not fear tigers (idiom) / fig. the young are fearless
(dialect) snail
steak
ox hair (used as a metaphor for sth very numerous or sth fine and delicate)
cowhide / leather / fig. flexible and tough / boasting / big talk
University of Oxford
bezoar
rhinoceros
Cayenne pepper / red pepper / chili
Sir Isaac Newton (1642-1727), British mathematician and physicist
Pyrenees mountains
cow / cattle
(lit.) as numerous as the hairs of an ox (idiom) / (fig.) innumerable; countless
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.
sirloin steak
cowshed / makeshift detention center set up by Red Guards in the Cultural Revolution / (baseball) bullpen
lit. to hang one's books on cow horns (idiom) / fig. to be diligent in one's studies
gulp
Jinniu, a district of Chengdu City 成都市, Sichuan
fillet beef served sizzling on a hot iron plate
scalped tickets
Big Dipper and Altair (astronomy)

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