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


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