瘦肉
shòu ròu
Pinyin
Definition
瘦肉
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- lean meat
Character Decomposition
Related Words (20)
- 1 thin
- 2 to lose weight
- 3 (of clothing) tight
- 4 (of meat) lean
- 5 (of land) unproductive
- 1 meat
- 2 flesh
- 3 pulp (of a fruit)
- 4 (coll.) (of a fruit) squashy
- 5 (of a person) flabby
- 6 irresolute
- 7 Kangxi radical 130
- 1 pork belly
- 2 streaky pork
- 1 to crowdsource information about sb or sth (abbr. for 人肉搜索[rén ròu sōu suǒ])
- 2 human (used attributively, as in 人肉盾牌[rén ròu dùn pái], human shield)
- 1 pork
Idioms (20)
人为刀俎，我为鱼肉
- 1 lit. to be the meat on sb's chopping block (idiom)
- 2 fig. to be at sb's mercy
包子有肉不在褶上
- 1 a book is not judged by its cover (idiom)
弱肉强食
- 1 lit. the weak are prey to the strong (idiom); fig. predatory behavior
- 2 the law of the jungle
心惊肉跳
- 1 lit. heart alarmed, body leaping (idiom); fear and trepidation in the face of disaster
情同骨肉
- 1 as close as flesh and bones (idiom); deep friendship
Sample Sentences
英国卫生部强调，肉类是人类优等蛋白质、B族维生素以及铁、锌等矿物质的重要来源，而人们应该摄取比较健康的肉类，诸如瘦肉、瘦绞肉，对于加工肉应该尽量避免，官方并建议每天不宜吃超过七十克的红肉。
The UK Department of Health stated that meat is an important source of protein, B vitamins and minerals such as iron and zinc, but that people should consume healthier meats, like lean meats and lean minced meat and avoid processed meat as much as possible. The government suggested limiting your consumption of red meat to 70 grams per day.
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。
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?