奶牛 nǎi niú milk cow / dairy cow syn 一姐 yī jiě (coll.) top-ranked female / leading female / top female personality (in a particular field, esp. in entertainment or sports) 骒 騍 kè (bound form) (of a horse, mule, camel etc) female 男女 nán nǚ male-female / male and female syn 表妹 biǎo mèi younger female cousin via female line 表姐 biǎo jiě older female cousin via female line 女同胞 nǚ tóng bāo woman / female / female compatriot 臣妾 chén qiè (literary) I, your servant (self-appellation of a lower-rank female) / (archaic) male and female slaves / subjects (of a ruler) 女选手 女選手 nǚ xuǎn shǒu female contestant / female athlete 表姐夫 biǎo jiě fu husband of older female cousin via female line 母 mǔ mother / elderly female relative / origin / source / (of animals) female syn 麀 yōu female deer / doe / female animal 牝鸡司晨 牝雞司晨 pìn jī sī chén female chicken crows at daybreak (idiom) / a woman usurps authority / women meddle in politics / The female wears the trousers. 牝鸡牡鸣 牝雞牡鳴 pìn jī mǔ míng female chicken crows at daybreak (idiom) / a woman usurps authority / women meddle in politics / The female wears the trousers. 表姑 biǎo gū father's female cousin via female line 宅女 zhái nǚ female geek / female nerd / otaku girl 表姐妹 biǎo jiě mèi female cousins via female line 切割女性生殖器官 female genital mutilation / female genital cutting 非政府组织今日女童问题论坛 非政府組織今日女童問題論壇 Non-Governmental Organizations Forum on the Female Child of Today / NGO Forum on the Female Child of Today 大姐头 大姐頭 dà jiě tóu (Tw) female gang leader / female boss / big sister 表妹夫 biǎo mèi fu husband of younger female cousin via female line 表弟妹 biǎo dì mèi wife of younger male cousin via female line / younger cousins via female line 女大 nǚ dà (slang) female university student / female college student 女宾 女賓 nǚ bīn female guest / female visitor 女主 nǚ zhǔ female lead / female protagonist 姐们 姐們 jiě men (coll.) close female friend / sis (between female friends) 骆驼 駱駝 luò tuo camel (CL:峰[feng1],匹[pi3],頭|头[tou2]) / (coll.) blockhead / ninny syn 驼峰 駝峰 tuó fēng hump of a camel / hump (in a railroad hump yard) 驼色 駝色 tuó sè light tan (color) / camel-hair color syn 骆 駱 luò camel / white horse with a black mane (archaic) 为仁不富 為仁不富 wéi rén bù fù the rich man cannot be benevolent (idiom, from Mencius). It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter the kingdom of heaven (Matthew 19:24). 为富不仁 為富不仁 wéi fù bù rén the benevolent man cannot be rich (idiom, from Mencius). It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter the kingdom of heaven (Matthew 19:24). syn 驴唇马觜 驢脣馬觜 lǘ chún mǎ zī lit.camel's lip, horse's mouth (idiom) / fig. to chatter / nonsense / blather 骆驼祥子 駱駝祥子 luò tuo xiáng zi Camel Xiangzi, novel by Lao She 老舍[Lao3 She3] 峯 fēng variant of 峰, peak / summit / apex / hump of a camel 橐驼 橐駝 tuó tuó camel / hunchback 为富不仁，为仁不富 為富不仁，為仁不富 wéi fù bù rén , wéi rén bù fù the benevolent man cannot be rich and vice versa (idiom, from Mencius). It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter the kingdom of heaven (Matthew 19:24). 驯驼 馴駝 xùn tuó to tame a camel 灶马 灶馬 zào mǎ camel cricket 馲 tuō camel / Taiwan pr. [luo4] 瘦死的骆驼比马大 瘦死的駱駝比馬大 shòu sǐ de luò tuo bǐ mǎ dà lit. even a scrawny camel is bigger than a horse (idiom) / fig. even after suffering a loss, a rich person is still better off than ordinary people / a cultured person may come down in the world, but he is still superior to the common people 压死骆驼的最后一根稻草 壓死駱駝的最後一根稻草 yā sǐ luò tuo de zuì hòu yī gēn dào cǎo the straw that broke the camel’s back (idiom) / the final straw 牛奶 niú nǎi cow's milk / CL:瓶[ping2],杯[bei1] 人鱼 人魚 rén yú mermaid / dugong / sea cow / manatee / giant salamander syn 肥肉 féi ròu fat (e.g. pork fat) / fatty meat / (fig.) a gold mine / cash cow syn 牛角 niú jiǎo cow horn 母牛 mǔ niú cow syn 疯牛病 瘋牛病 fēng niú bìng mad cow disease (bovine spongiform encephalopathy) 威吓 威嚇 wēi hè to threaten / to intimidate / to cow syn 牛乳 niú rǔ cow's milk 牛腩 niú nǎn brisket (esp. Cantonese) / belly beef / spongy meat from cow's underside and neighboring ribs / erroneously translated as sirloin 六畜 liù chù six domestic animals, namely: pig, cow, sheep, horse, chicken and dog syn 四不像 sì bù xiàng common name for 麋鹿[mi2 lu4], Père David's deer (Elaphurus davidianus), which is said to resemble an amalgam of animals such as a cow, deer, donkey and horse / an odd mixture of disparate elements / hodgepodge / farrago 奉若神明 fèng ruò shén míng to honor sb as a God (idiom) / to revere / to worship / to deify / to make a holy cow of sth / to put sb on a pedestal syn 牛 niú ox / cow / bull / CL:條|条[tiao2],頭|头[tou2] / newton (abbr. for 牛頓|牛顿[niu2 dun4]) / (slang) awesome syn 牯 gǔ bullock / cow 哞 mōu moo (sound made by cow) 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 呼牛作马 呼牛作馬 hū niú zuò mǎ to call sth a cow or a horse (idiom) / it doesn't matter what you call it / Insult me if you want, I don't care what you call me. 呼牛呼马 呼牛呼馬 hū niú hū mǎ to call sth a cow or a horse (idiom) / it doesn't matter what you call it / Insult me if you want, I don't care what you call me. 对牛弹琴 對牛彈琴 duì niú tán qín lit. to play the lute to a cow (idiom) / fig. offering a treat to an unappreciative audience / to cast pearls before swine / caviar to the general / to preach to deaf ears / to talk over sb's head syn 牛溲马勃 牛溲馬勃 niú sōu mǎ bó cow's piss, horse's ulcer (idiom) / worthless nonsense / insignificant 牛骥同槽 牛驥同槽 niú jì tóng cáo cow and famous steed at the same trough (idiom) / fig. the common and the great are treated alike / also written 牛驥同皂|牛骥同皂[niu2 ji4 tong2 zao4] 牛骥同皂 牛驥同皂 niú jì tóng zào cow and famous steed at the same trough (idiom) / fig. the common and the great are treated alike 舐犊之爱 舐犢之愛 shì dú zhī ài the love of a cow licking her calf (idiom) / parental love 舐犊情深 舐犢情深 shì dú qíng shēn lit. the cow licking its calf fondly (idiom) / fig. to show deep affection towards one's children 牛角挂书 牛角掛書 niú jiǎo guà shū lit. to hang one's books on cow horns (idiom) / fig. to be diligent in one's studies 犨 chōu panting of cow / grunting of ox 吴牛见月 吳牛見月 wú niú jiàn yuè cow from Wu is terrified by the moon, mistaking it for the sun 牛海绵状脑病 牛海綿狀腦病 niú hǎi mián zhuàng nǎo bìng bovine spongiform encephalopathy, BSE / mad cow disease 牛痘病 niú dòu bìng cow pox 牸牛 zì niú cow 狂牛病 kuáng niú bìng mad cow disease / bovine spongiform encephalopathy, BSE 老牛吃嫩草 lǎo niú chī nèn cǎo lit. an old cow eats young grass (idiom) / fig. a May-December relationship / a romance where the man is significantly older than the woman 太牢 tài láo (in ancient times) sacrificial animal (cow, sheep or pig) 倒牛 downer cow / downer 圭亚那乳桑 cow-wood 牛只 牛隻 niú zhī cow / cattle 肥羊 féi yáng (fig.) attractive and easy mark / source of steady profit / moneymaker / cash cow 三牲 sān shēng the three sacrificial animals (originally cow, sheep and pig / later pig, chicken and fish) syn 现金牛 現金牛 xiàn jīn niú cash cow 女性 nǚ xìng woman / the female sex syn 女子 nǚ zǐ woman / female syn 女生 nǚ shēng schoolgirl / female student / girl 女歌手 nǚ gē shǒu female singer 女星 nǚ xīng female star / famous actress syn 两性 兩性 liǎng xìng male and female / both types (acid and alkaline, positive and negative etc) / (chemistry) amphoteric 小妹 xiǎo mèi little sister / girl / (Tw) young female employee working in a low-level role dealing with the public (assistant, waitress, attendant etc) 师姐 師姐 shī jiě senior female fellow student or apprentice / daughter (older than oneself) of one's teacher 伊人 yī rén (literary) that person (usually female) / she / one's intended 空姐 kōng jiě abbr. for 空中小姐 / stewardess / air hostess / female flight attendant syn 老板娘 lǎo bǎn niáng female proprietor / lady boss / boss's wife syn 白虎 bái hǔ White Tiger (the seven mansions of the west sky) / (slang) hairless female genitalia 花瓶 huā píng flower vase / (fig.) female employee considered to be just a pretty face (attractive but not very competent) syn 表哥 biǎo gē older male cousin via female line 天仙 tiān xiān immortal (esp. female) / deity / fairy / Goddess / fig. beautiful woman syn 师妹 師妹 shī mèi junior female student or apprentice / daughter (younger than oneself) of one's teacher 小公主 xiǎo gōng zhǔ lit. little princess / fig. spoiled girl / female version of 小皇帝[xiao3 huang2 di4] 艺伎 藝伎 yì jì geisha (Japanese female entertainer) / also written 藝妓|艺妓[yi4 ji4] 