肉麻
ròu má
Pinyin

Definition

肉麻
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ròu má
  1. sickening
  2. corny
  3. sappy
  4. maudlin
  5. fulsome (of praise)

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

牛肉
niú ròu
  1. 1 beef
肉
ròu
  1. 1 meat
  2. 2 flesh
  3. 3 pulp (of a fruit)
  4. 4 (coll.) (of a fruit) squashy
  5. 5 (of a person) flabby
  6. 6 irresolute
  7. 7 Kangxi radical 130
麻将
má jiàng
  1. 1 mahjong
  2. 2 classifier: 副 fù
麻烦
má fan
  1. 1 inconvenient
  2. 2 troublesome
  3. 3 annoying
  4. 4 to trouble or bother sb
  5. 5 to put sb to trouble
五花肉
wǔ huā ròu
  1. 1 pork belly
  2. 2 streaky pork

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
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)
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
心乱如麻
xīn luàn rú má
  1. 1 one's thoughts in a whirl (idiom); confused
  2. 2 disconcerted
  3. 3 upset
心惊肉跳
xīn jīng ròu tiào
  1. 1 lit. heart alarmed, body leaping (idiom); fear and trepidation in the face of disaster

Sample Sentences

恶！啧！我们当好朋友这么久了，从没听过你说肉麻话，现在说要帮你抢票，你就乐呵呵地来告白了，真是，心寒呦。
ě ！zé ！wǒmen dāng hǎo péngyou zhème jiǔ le ，cóngméi tīng guò nǐ shuō ròumá huà ，xiànzài shuō yào bāng nǐ qiǎng piào ，nǐ jiù lèhēhē de lái gàobái le ，zhēn shì ，xīnhán yōu 。
Gross! (Tuts) We've been friends for this long and I've never heard you say anything corny. Just because I'm helping you out with the tickets, all of a sudden you come, all smiles, to tell me how you feel about me. You're such a disappointment.
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对，就是她！不过刘梅的行踪和毒品交易的证据我们至今没掌握。这张纸上好像是宋五木最近的手机短信记录，但看下来大都是些肉麻情话。”
duì ，jiùshì tā ！bùguò Liú Méi de xíngzōng hé dúpǐn jiāoyì de zhèngjù wǒmen zhìjīn méi zhǎngwò 。zhè zhāng zhǐ shàng hǎoxiàng shì Sòng Wǔmù zuìjìn de shǒujī duǎnxìn jìlù ，dàn kàn xiàlai dà dōu shì xiē ròumá qínghuà 。”
“Yes, her! The problem is we don’t have any hard evidence on her whereabouts or her drug deals. On this piece of paper is what appears to be a record of Song Wumu’s most recent text messages. Looking at it, though, it looks like it’s all just a bunch of sappy stuff.”
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说出来，很肉麻
shuō chūlai ，hěn ròumá
When you say it, it's really sappy.
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你呀，一把年纪了还这么肉麻，老不正经的。
nǐ ya ，yī bǎ niánjì le hái zhème ròumá ，lǎobùzhèngjing de 。
You! You're already quite old and your still so cheesy. You old dog.
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啊哟，肉麻死了！嘴上说说谁不会，关键是你敢不敢做，就像大个子那样。
ayo ，ròumá sǐ le ！zuǐ shang shuō shuo shéi bùhuì ，guānjiàn shì nǐ gǎn bùgǎn zuò ，jiù xiàng dàgèzi nàyàng 。
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