老 lǎo prefix used before the surname of a person or a numeral indicating the order of birth of the children in a family or to indicate affection or familiarity / old (of people) / venerable (person) / experienced / of long standing / always / all the time / of the past / very / outdated / (of meat etc) tough / unicode compatibility variant of 老 syn 馅饼 餡餅 xiàn bǐng meat pie / pie / pasty 鸡肉 雞肉 jī ròu chicken meat 烤肉 kǎo ròu to barbecue meat / to roast meat / barbecued meat / roast meat syn 布什 bù shí Bush (name) / George H.W. Bush (1924-2018), US president 1988-1992 / George W. Bush (1946-), US President 2000-2008 转圈 轉圈 zhuàn quān to rotate / to twirl / to run around / to encircle / rotation / (coll.) to speak indirectly / to beat about the bush syn 肉饼 肉餅 ròu bǐng meat patty 兜圈子 dōu quān zi to encircle / to go around / to circle / to beat about the bush syn 灌木 guàn mù bush / shrub syn 肥肉 féi ròu fat (e.g. pork fat) / fatty meat / (fig.) a gold mine / cash cow syn 羊肉 yáng ròu mutton / goat meat 肉酱 肉醬 ròu jiàng minced meat sauce / (fig.) mincemeat / a person cut to pieces 肉汁 ròu zhī meat stock 拐弯抹角 拐彎抹角 guǎi wān mò jiǎo lit. going round the curves and skirting the corners (idiom) / fig. to speak in a roundabout way / to equivocate / to beat about the bush syn 肉类 肉類 ròu lèi meat syn 鱼肉 魚肉 yú ròu flesh of fish / fish and meat / (fig.) victims of oppression / (fig.) to cruelly oppress (i.e. to treat like flesh to be carved up) syn 绕圈子 繞圈子 rào quān zi to go around in circles / to make a detour / (fig.) to beat about the bush syn 肉汤 肉湯 ròu tāng meat soup / broth syn 肉馅 肉餡 ròu xiàn ground meat / mincemeat 搪塞 táng sè to muddle through / to fob sb off / to beat around the bush / to dodge syn 烘焙 hōng bèi to cure by drying over a fire (tea, meat etc) / to bake syn 野火 yě huǒ wildfire / (spreading like) wildfire / bush fire / farm fire (for clearing fields) syn 生肉 shēng ròu raw meat syn 咸肉 鹹肉 xián ròu bacon / salt-cured meat syn 狗肉 gǒu ròu dog meat 鱼片 魚片 yú piàn fish fillet / slice of fish meat 肉片 ròu piàn meat slice syn 菜肴 菜餚 cài yáo vegetable and meat dishes / dish syn 宰杀 宰殺 zǎi shā to slaughter (an animal for meat) / to butcher syn 虾仁 蝦仁 xiā rén shrimp meat / shelled shrimp 街市 jiē shì downtown area / commercial district / (chiefly Cantonese) wet market, i.e. a marketplace selling fresh meat, fish and vegetables etc 腊肉 臘肉 là ròu cured meat / bacon syn 肉末 ròu mò ground meat syn 瘦肉 shòu ròu lean meat 白肉 bái ròu plain boiled pork / white meat (fish, poultry etc) syn 肉质 肉質 ròu zhì quality of meat / succulent (botany) 绞肉机 絞肉機 jiǎo ròu jī meat grinder 肉松 肉鬆 ròu sōng meat floss / shredded dried pork syn 乔木 喬木 qiáo mù tree, esp. with recognizable trunk (as opposed to 灌木[guan4 mu4], bush or shrub) 巴豆 bā dòu croton (Croton tiglium), evergreen bush of Euphorbiaceae family 大戟科[da4 ji3 ke1] / croton seed, a strong purgative 肉鸡 肉雞 ròu jī chicken raised for meat / broiler / (computing) zombie / infected computer in a botnet 荤菜 葷菜 hūn cài non-vegetarian dish (including meat, fish, garlic, onion etc) syn 清炖 清燉 qīng dùn to stew meat without seasoning 挂羊头卖狗肉 掛羊頭賣狗肉 guà yáng tóu mài gǒu ròu lit. to hang a sheep's head while selling dog meat (idiom) / fig. to cheat / dishonest advertising / wicked deeds carried out under banner of virtue syn 肉丁 ròu dīng diced meat 灌水 guàn shuǐ to irrigate / to pour water into / to inject water into meat to increase its weight (plumping) / to cook the books / to post low-value messages (small talk etc) on Internet forums 原汁 yuán zhī juice (extracted from fresh fruit or vegetables) / stock (obtained by simmering meat) 吃肉 chī ròu to eat meat 肉丝 肉絲 ròu sī shredded meat / shredded pork syn 肉棒 ròu bàng meat stick / penis 割肉 gē ròu to cut some meat / to cut off a piece of flesh / (fig.) (coll.) to sell at a loss 鸡丁 雞丁 jī dīng diced chicken meat 冻干 凍乾 dòng gān to freeze-dry / freeze-dried food (such as meat or fruit) 碎肉 suì ròu ground meat / mincemeat 羊头 羊頭 yáng tóu sheep's head / fig. advertisement for good meat 草木皆兵 cǎo mù jiē bīng lit. every tree or bush an enemy soldier (idiom) / fig. to panic and treat everyone as an enemy / to feel beleaguered syn 牛腩 niú nǎn brisket (esp. Cantonese) / belly beef / spongy meat from cow's underside and neighboring ribs / erroneously translated as sirloin 空口 kōng kǒu incomplete meal of a single dish / meat or vegetable dish without rice or wine / rice without meat or vegetables 开荤 開葷 kāi hūn to eat meat after having maintained a vegetarian diet / (fig.) to do sth as a novel experience 肠粉 腸粉 cháng fěn rice noodle roll, a roll made from sheets of rice flour dough, steamed and stuffed with meat, vegetables etc 吃斋 吃齋 chī zhāi to abstain from eating meat / to be a vegetarian syn 合子 hé zi pasty (i.e. pastry stuffed with meat or vegetables) 炖肉 燉肉 dùn ròu to stew meat / stewed meat 肉夹馍 肉夾饃 ròu jiā mó lit. meat wedged in steamed bun / "Chinese burger" / sliced meat sandwich popular in north China 荤腥 葷腥 hūn xīng meat and fish syn 肉 ròu meat / flesh / pulp (of a fruit) / (coll.) (of a fruit) squashy / (of a person) flabby / irresolute / Kangxi radical 130 syn 松 鬆 sōng loose / to loosen / to relax / floss (dry, fluffy food product made from shredded, seasoned meat or fish, used as a topping or filling) syn 瘦 shòu thin / to lose weight / (of clothing) tight / (of meat) lean / (of land) unproductive syn 丁 dīng male adult / the 4th of the 10 Heavenly Stems 天干[tian1gan1] / fourth (used like "4" or "D") / small cube of meat or vegetable / (literary) to encounter / (archaic) ancient Chinese compass point: 195° / (chemistry) butyl syn 楚 chǔ distinct / clear / orderly / pain / suffering / deciduous bush used in Chinese medicine (genus Vitex) / punishment cane (old) 腌 醃 yān to salt / to pickle / to cure (meat) / to marinate syn 柴 chái firewood / lean (of meat) / thin (of a person) syn 剁 duò to chop up (meat etc) / to chop off (sb's hand etc) syn 剔 tī to scrape the meat from bones / to pick (teeth etc) / to weed out syn 燥 zào dry / parched / impatient / vexed / (bound form) (Taiwan pr. [sao4]) minced meat syn 斋 齋 zhāi to fast or abstain from meat, wine etc / vegetarian diet / study room / building / to give alms (to a monk) syn 腊 臘 là ancient practice of offering sacrifices to the gods in the 12th lunar month / the 12th lunar month / (bound form) (of meat, fish etc) cured in winter, esp. in the 12th lunar month syn 腊 xī dried meat / also pr. [xi2] syn 蟹肉 xiè ròu crab meat 烩 燴 huì to braise / to cook (rice etc) with vegetables, meat and water syn 饺 餃 jiǎo dumplings with meat filling syn 荤 葷 hūn strong-smelling vegetable (garlic etc) / non-vegetarian food (meat, fish etc) / vulgar / obscene syn 绕弯子 繞彎子 rào wān zi lit. to go on a long detour / fig. to speak vaguely around the topic without getting to the point / to beat about the bush syn 脯 fǔ dried meat / preserved fruit syn 脍 膾 kuài chopped meat or fish 醢 hǎi minced meat / pickled meat syn 齑 齏 jī finely chopped meat or vegetables / powdered or fragmentary 矮树 矮樹 ǎi shù short tree / bush / shrub 卤肉 滷肉 lǔ ròu stewed meat 腌肉 醃肉 yān ròu salt pork / bacon / marinaded meat / cured meat 打开天窗说亮话 打開天窗說亮話 dǎ kāi tiān chuāng shuō liàng huà (let's) not mince words / (let's) not beat about the bush syn 肉骨粉 ròu gǔ fěn meat 菜牛 cài niú beef cattle (grown for meat) 燔 fán burn / to roast meat for sacrifice syn 炝 熗 qiàng to briefly boil (a vegetable etc), then dress with soy sauce, oil, vinegar etc / to briefly stir-fry (meat, chopped spring onions etc), then add to other ingredients and cook further syn 脔 臠 luán skinny / sliced meat syn 脩 xiū dried meat presented by pupils to their teacher at their first meeting (in ancient times) / dried / withered 脞 cuǒ chopped meat / trifles 腩 nǎn brisket / belly beef / spongy meat from cow's underside and neighboring ribs / see 牛腩[niu2 nan3] esp. Cantonese / erroneously translated as sirloin 