肉 ròu

1. ròu noun meat; muscle
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Concept: Meat 肉
   Notes: For example, 牛肉 'beef' (Guoyu '肉' n 1; Unihan '肉')
2. ròu noun Kangxi radical 130
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Radicals
   Notes: (ABC back cover; GHC p. 7; Guoyu '肉' n 4)
3. ròu noun flesh; physical body
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Biology
   Notes: In the sense of 身体 (Guoyu '肉' n 2; Unihan '肉')
4. ròu noun pulp
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
   Notes: Of fruit and vegetables; for example, 果肉 'fruit pulp' (Guoyu '肉' n 3; Unihan '肉')
5. ròu adjective soft; supple
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 柔软 (Guoyu '肉' adj)
6. ròu adverb slowly
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 迟缓 (Guoyu '肉' adv)

Contained in

• 羊肉串 lamb kebabs
• 东坡肉(東坡肉) stir-fried pork
• 食肉目 Carnivora
• 五花肉 streaky pork
• 元肉 dried longan pulp
• 肉豆蔻料 Myristicaceae (family of plants producing aromatic or hallucinogenic oils, including nutmeg)
• 肉足鹱(肉足鸌) flesh-footed shearwater (Puffinus carneipes)
• 瘜肉 polyp
• 弱肉强食(弱肉強食) the weak are prey to the strong; predatory behavior; the law of the jungle
• 肉沫 minced pork
• 芥兰牛肉(芥蘭牛肉) beef with broccoli
• 包子有肉不在褶上 a book is not judged by its cover
• 肉颤心惊(肉顫心驚) body trembling and heart frightened
• 肉松(肉鬆) meat floss; shredded dried pork
• 肉豆蔻 nutmeg ; nutmeg
• 碎肉 ground meat; mincemeat
• 胬肉 pterygium
• 皮肉 skin and flesh; superficial; physical (suffering); bodily
• 牛肉 beef
• 腐肉 rotting flesh; carrion
• 息肉 polyp
• 肉丁 diced meat
• 肉体(肉體) physical body
• 肉垫(肉墊) pad (on animal paw)
• 肉脯 dried meat
• 卖肉者(賣肉者) butcher
• 自相鱼肉(自相魚肉) butchering one another as fish and flesh; killing one another; internecine strife
• 食肉寝皮(食肉寢皮) to eat sb's flesh and sleep on their hide; to swear revenge on sb; implacable hatred
• 何不食肉糜 Why don't they eat meat?
• 咕噜肉(咕嚕肉) sweet and sour meat (pork)
• 眼中钉，肉中刺(眼中釘，肉中刺) a thorn in one's side
• 心头肉(心頭肉) favorite
• 肉垂麦鸡(肉垂麥雞) red-wattled lapwing (Vanellus indicus)
• 苦肉计(苦肉計) the trick of injuring oneself to gain the enemy's confidence
• 五花腌猪肉(五花醃豬肉) streaky bacon
• 人肉搜索引擎 human flesh search engine; a large-scale collective effort to find details about a person or event
• 胸肉 breast meat (brisket, chicken breast etc)
• 心惊肉跳(心驚肉跳) heart alarmed, body leaping; fear and trepidation in the face of disaster
• 肉骨茶 bak-kut-teh or pork ribs soup, popular in Malaysia and Singapore
• 肉蔻 nutmeg
• 瘦肉精 leanness-enhancing agent (for livestock)
• 爱惜皮肉(愛惜皮肉) to love indulgence
• 肉毒梭状芽孢杆菌(肉毒梭狀芽孢桿菌) Clostridium difficile (bacterium causing gut infection)
• 鹿肉 venison
• 肉欲(肉慾) carnal desire
• 肉铺(肉鋪) butcher's shop
• 爌肉 slow-braised pork belly
• 咕咾肉 sweet and sour meat (pork)
• 骨肉 blood relation; kin; flesh and blood ; bones and flesh
• 牛肉干(牛肉乾) dried beef; jerky; charqui

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• 《肉部》 Ròu Radical Shuo Wen Jie Zi 說文解字 — count: 176
• 第二十七回 Chapter 27 Water Margin 水滸傳 — count: 15
• 第四十三回 Chapter 43 Water Margin 水滸傳 — count: 14
• 第八十三回 Chapter 83 Water Margin 水滸傳 — count: 13
• 第三十二回 Chapter 32 Water Margin 水滸傳 — count: 13
• Full Text Canon of Supreme Mystery 太玄經 — count: 12
• 卷四百五十六 列傳第二百十五 孝義 李璘甄婆兒 徐承珪 劉孝忠 呂升王翰 羅居通黃德輿 齊得一 李罕澄 邢神留沈正 許祚李琳等 胡仲堯弟:仲容 陳兢 洪文撫 易延慶 董道明 郭琮畢贊 顧忻李瓊 朱泰 成象 陳思道 方綱 龐天祐 劉斌 樊景溫榮恕旻 祁暐 何保之 李玭 侯義 王光濟李祚 周善敏 江白 裘承詢孫浦等 常眞子:晏 王洤等 杜誼 姚宗明 鄧中和 毛安輿 李訪 朱壽昌 侯可 申積中 郝戭 支漸 鄧宗古 沈宣 蘇慶文臺亨 仰忻 趙伯深 彭瑜 毛洵李籌 楊芾 楊慶 陳宗 郭義 申世寧 苟與齡 王珠 顏詡 張伯威 蔡定 鄭綺鮑宗巌 Volume 456 Biographies 215: Filial Acts - Li Linzhenpoer, Xu Chenggui, Liu Xiaozhong, Lu Shengwanghan, Luo Jutonghuangdeyu, Qi Deyi, Li Hancheng, Xing Shenliushenzheng, Xu Zuolilindeng, Hu Zhongyaodi:zhongrong, Chen Jing, Hong Wenfu, Yi Yanqing, Dong Daoming, Guo Congbizan, Gu Xinliqiong, Zhu Tai, Cheng Xiang, Chen Sidao, Fang Gang, Pang Tianyou, Liu Bin, Fan Jingwenrongshumin, Qi Wei, He Baozhi, Li Pin, Hou Yi, Wang Guangjilizuo, Zhou Shanmin, Jiang Bai, Qiu Chengxunsunpudeng, Chang Zhenzi:yan, Wang Quandeng, Du Yi, Yao Zongming, Deng Zhonghe, Mao Anyu, Li Fang, Zhu Shouchang, Hou Ke, Shen Jizhong, Hao Yan, Zhi Jian, Deng Zonggu, Shen Xuan, Su Qingwentaiheng, Yang Xin, Zhao Boshen, Peng Yu, Mao Xunlichou, Yang Fei, Yang Qing, Chen Zong, Guo Yi, Shen Shining, Gou Yuling, Wang Zhu, Yan Bi, Zhang Bowei, Cai Ding, Zheng Qibao Zongyan History of Song 宋史 — count: 11
• 卷四十五 Scroll 45 Wenxuan 文選 — count: 10
• 卷三百〇二 列傳第一百九十 列女二 Volume 302 Biographies 190: Exemplary Women 2 History of Ming 明史 — count: 10
• 《內則》 The Pattern of the Family The Book of Rites 禮記 — count: 10

Collocations

• 食肉 (食肉) 時食肉之祿 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 昭公 Lord Zhao — count: 35
• 酒肉 (酒肉) 備酒肉焉 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 哀公 Lord Ai — count: 19
• 粱肉 (粱肉) 不辟粱肉 — The Book of Rites 禮記, 《喪大記》 The Greater Record of Mourning Rites — count: 9
• 干肉 (乾肉) 乾肉不齒決 — The Book of Rites 禮記, 《曲禮上》 Summary of the Rules of Propriety Part 1 — count: 8
• 肉饮酒 (肉飲酒) 食肉飲酒 — The Book of Rites 禮記, 《檀弓上》 Tan Gong I — count: 6
• 豆肉 (豆肉) 觴酒豆肉讓而受惡 — The Book of Rites 禮記, 《坊記》 Record of the Dykes — count: 4
• 赤肉 (赤肉) 赤肉懸則烏鵲集 — Huainanzi 淮南子, 卷十七　說林訓 Chapter 17: A Forest of Persuasion — count: 3
• 宿肉 (宿肉) 不宿肉 — The Analects of Confucius 論語, 10. 《鄉黨》 Xiang Dang — count: 3
• 朽肉 (朽肉) 足以朽肉 — Mozi 墨子, 卷六 節用中 Book 6 - Economy of Expenditures II — count: 3
• 鼎肉 (鼎肉) 其以鼎肉 — The Book of Rites 禮記, 《少儀》 Smaller Rules of Demeanour — count: 3