牛肉
niú ròu
Pinyin

Definition

牛肉
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niú ròu
  1. beef

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

牛
Niú
  1. 1 surname Niu
牛奶
niú nǎi
  1. 1 cow's milk
  2. 2 classifier: 瓶 píng
  3. 3 classifier: 杯 bēi
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
金牛
Jīn niú
  1. 1 Taurus (star sign)
  2. 2 Jinniu district of Chengdu city 成都市[Chéng dū shì], Sichuan
金牛座
Jīn niú zuò
  1. 1 Taurus (constellation and sign of the zodiac)

Idioms (20)

九牛一毛
jiǔ niú yī máo
  1. 1 lit. one hair from nine oxen (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. a drop in the ocean
九牛二虎之力
jiǔ niú èr hǔ zhī lì
  1. 1 tremendous strength (idiom)
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
初生牛犊不怕虎
chū shēng niú dú bù pà hǔ
  1. 1 lit. newborn calves do not fear tigers (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. the young are fearless
割鸡焉用牛刀
gē jī yān yòng niú dāo
  1. 1 lit. why use a pole-ax to slaughter a chicken? (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to waste effort on a trifling matter
  3. 3 also written 殺雞焉用牛刀|杀鸡焉用牛刀[shā jī yān yòng niú dāo]

Sample Sentences

老板，我要加点。加点一碗牛肉面。
lǎobǎn ，wǒ yào jiādiǎn 。jiādiǎn yīwǎn niúròumiàn 。
Boss, I would like to order something in addition. An additional bowl of beef noodles.
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老板，牛肉面可以加大吗？
lǎobǎn ，niúròumiàn kěyǐ jiādà ma ？
Boss, can I have a larger portion of the beef noodles?
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猪肉干、牛肉干、鱼干
zhūròugān 、niúròugān 、yúgān
dried pork, dried beef, dried fish
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红肉包括牛肉、羊肉和猪肉，它们的颜色偏深，原因是这些肉类的血红蛋白和肌红蛋白、铁含量比较高。
hóng ròu bāokuò niúròu 、yángròu hé zhūròu ，tāmen de yánsè piān shēn ，yuányīn shì zhèxiē ròulèi de xiěhóngdànbái hé jīhóngdànbái 、tiě hánliàng bǐjiào gāo 。
Red meats include beef, lamb and pork, they are darker in color, this is because these kinds of meats contain higher levels of hemoglobin, myoglobin and iron.
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昨天半夜我和朋友出去吃宵夜，我吃了一碗牛肉面，我们还点了一些小菜，喝了一些啤酒。
zuótiān bànyè wǒ hé péngyou chūqù chī xiāoyè ，wǒ chī le yī wǎn niúròumiàn ，wǒmen hái diǎn le yīxiē xiǎocài ，hē le yīxiē píjiǔ 。
Last night at midnight, I went out to eat a snack with friends, I ate a bowl of beef noodles. We also ordered some side dishes and drank some beer.
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水饺跟牛肉面都很好吃。
shuǐjiǎo gēn niúròumiàn dōu hěn hǎochī 。
Dumplings and beef noodles are both delicious.
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我中午吃了牛肉饭了，晚餐不想再吃饭。
wǒ zhōngwǔ chī le niúròu fàn le ，wǎncān bùxiǎng zài chīfàn 。
I had beef and rice for lunch, so I don’t want to have rice again for dinner.
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也就四大航还可以吧，而且国内航线的飞机餐都不好吃，不是鸡肉饭就是牛肉面，国际航线稍微好点，但是跟新航，泰航什么的也不能比。
yě jiù sì dà háng háikěyǐ ba ，érqiě guónèi hángxiàn de fēijīcān dōu bù hǎochī ，bùshì jīròufàn jiùshì niúròumiàn ，guójì hángxiàn shāowēi hǎo diǎnr ，dànshì gēn xīnháng ，tàiháng shénme de yě bùnéngbǐ 。
Only the four major airlines are OK and domestic airline meals are all pretty bad, if it is not chicken rice then its beef noodles, international routes are slightly better, but they can't compare with Singapore Air and Thai Airways.
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像麻辣锅、咖哩什么的。我午餐才吃了辣牛肉饭。
xiàng málàguō 、gāli shénme de 。wǒ wǔcān cái chī le là niúròu fàn 。
Like spicy hotpot, curry and the like. I ate spicy beef rice just for lunch.
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今天晚餐吃牛肉面好不好？
jīntiān wǎncān chī niúròumiàn hǎo bù hǎo ？
Can we eat beef noodles tonight?
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