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肉

ròu · rou

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Meaning

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  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
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Buying the pork

  1. Dengdeng

    我(wǒ)想(xiǎng)学(xué)做(zuò)红烧肉(hóngshāoròu)，我们(wǒmen)去(qù)买(mǎi)肉(ròu)吧(ba)。

    I want to learn to make braised pork. Let us go buy meat.

  2. Liangliang

    买(mǎi)什么(shénme)肉(ròu)？猪肉(zhūròu)还是(háishi)牛肉(niúròu)？

    Which meat? Pork or beef?

  3. Dengdeng

    猪肉(zhūròu)，听说(tīngshuō)红烧肉(hóngshāoròu)要(yào)用(yòng)五花肉(wǔhuāròu)。

    Pork. I heard braised pork needs pork belly.

  4. Liangliang

    好(hǎo)，那(nà)我们(wǒmen)就(jiù)买(mǎi)五花肉(wǔhuāròu)。你(nǐ)会(huì)做(zuò)吗(ma)？

    OK, then we buy pork belly. Can you cook it?

  5. Dengdeng

    不会(bùhuì)，我(wǒ)只(zhǐ)会(huì)买(mǎi)肉(ròu)。

    No, I can only buy meat.

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In a sentence

2 examples
01

他(tā)丢(diū)了(le)块(kuài)肉(ròu)给(gěi)一(yì)条(tiáo)狗(gǒu)。

He threw a piece of meat to a dog.

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02

这(zhè)种(zhǒng)水(shuǐ)果(guǒ)的(de)肉(ròu)很(hěn)甜(tián)。

The flesh of this fruit is very sweet.

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