瘦肉精
shòu ròu jīng
Pinyin

Definition

瘦肉精
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shòu ròu jīng
  1. leanness-enhancing agent (for livestock)

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

瘦
shòu
  1. 1 thin
  2. 2 to lose weight
  3. 3 (of clothing) tight
  4. 4 (of meat) lean
  5. 5 (of land) unproductive
精彩
jīng cǎi
  1. 1 wonderful
  2. 2 marvelous
  3. 3 brilliant
精神
jīng shén
  1. 1 spirit
  2. 2 mind
  3. 3 consciousness
  4. 4 thought
  5. 5 mental
  6. 6 psychological
  7. 7 essence
  8. 8 gist
  9. 9 classifier: 个 gè
精美
jīng měi
  1. 1 delicate
  2. 2 fine
  3. 3 refinement
精选
jīng xuǎn
  1. 1 carefully chosen
  2. 2 handpicked
  3. 3 best of the bunch
  4. 4 choice (product)
  5. 5 concentration (mining)
  6. 6 to concentrate
  7. 7 to winnow

Idioms (20)

人为刀俎，我为鱼肉
rén wéi dāo zǔ , wǒ wéi yú ròu
  1. 1 lit. to be the meat on sb's chopping block (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to be at sb's mercy
兵精粮足
bīng jīng liáng zú
  1. 1 elite soldiers, ample provisions (idiom); well-prepared forces
  2. 2 preparations for war are in an advanced state
包子有肉不在褶上
bāo zi yǒu ròu bù zài zhě shàng
  1. 1 a book is not judged by its cover (idiom)
博而不精
bó ér bù jīng
  1. 1 extensive but not refined (idiom); to know something about everything
  2. 2 jack-of-all-trades, master of none
弱肉强食
ruò ròu qiáng shí
  1. 1 lit. the weak are prey to the strong (idiom); fig. predatory behavior
  2. 2 the law of the jungle

Sample Sentences

猪肉里有瘦肉精，牛肉是涂了牛肉膏的假牛肉，羊肉串是老鼠肉做的，黄瓜涂了避孕药，生病吃个胶囊都是臭皮鞋做的。这年头还有能吃的东西吗，饿死算了。
zhūròu lǐ yǒu shòuròujīng ，niúròu shì tú le niúròugāo de jiǎ niúròu ，yángròuchuàn shì lǎoshǔ ròu zuò de ，huángguā tú le bìyùnyào ，shēngbìng chī gè jiāonáng dōu shì chòu píxié zuò de 。zhè niántou háiyǒu néng chī de dōngxi ma ，è sǐ suànle 。
The pork has lean muscle growth hormones. The beef is fake meat covered with beef flavoring. The lamb skewers are made from rat meat. The cucumbers are covered with chemicals that can harm pregnant women. Gel capsules made for medicine are made from stinky leather shoes. These days is there anything that you can eat? Or should we just call it quits and starve to death?
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