肉豆蔻
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Pinyin
Definition
肉豆蔻
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- nutmeg (Myristica fragrans Houtt)
- mace
- Myristicaceae (family of plants producing aromatic or hallucinogenic oils)
Character Decomposition
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
刀子嘴,豆腐心
- 1 to have a sharp tongue but a soft heart (idiom)
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
心急吃不了热豆腐
- 1 hasty men don't get to eat hot tofu (idiom)
- 2 one just has to be patient
- 3 haste will ruin everything