肉

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meat; flesh; pulp (of a fruit); (coll.) (of a fruit) squashy; (of a person) flabby; irresolute; Kangxi radical 130

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Pictograph (象形字)

Meat on the ribs of an animal

Components 冂仌

meat · Heisig RSH #844

flesh + 人 person

Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.

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Word	Pinyin	Meaning
心头肉	xīn tóu ròu	the person one loves the most; one's most treasured possession
大鱼大肉	dà yú dà ròu	dishes with generous amounts of meat and fish; lavish meal
自相鱼肉	zì xiāng yú ròu	butchering one another as fish and flesh (idiom); killing one another; internecine strife
大肉	dà ròu	pork
人肉	rén ròu	to crowdsource information about sb or sth (typically as a form of vigilantism resulting i…
生肉	shēng ròu	raw meat
肉食动物	ròu shí dòng wù	carnivore
食肉动物	shí ròu dòng wù	carnivore
白肉	bái ròu	plain boiled pork; white meat (fish, poultry etc)
肉体	ròu tǐ	physical body
长肉	zhǎng ròu	to put on weight
人肉沙包	rén ròu shā bāo	human punching bag
生死肉骨	shēng sǐ ròu gǔ	lit. the dead returning to life; a miracle (idiom)
多肉	duō ròu	fleshy; meaty; succulents (abbr. for 多肉植物[duo1 rou4 zhi2 wu4])
肉眼	ròu yǎn	naked eye; layman's eyes
红肉	hóng ròu	red meat
古老肉	gǔ lǎo ròu	sweet and sour pork; also written 咕嚕肉\|咕噜肉[gu1 lu1 rou4]
五花肉	wǔ huā ròu	pork belly; streaky pork
小牛肉	xiǎo niú ròu	veal
牛肉面	niú ròu miàn	beef noodle soup