五花肉
wǔ huā ròu
Pinyin

Definition

五花肉
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wǔ huā ròu
  1. pork belly
  2. streaky pork

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

  1. 1 five
  2. 2 5
yān huā
  1. 1 fireworks
  2. 2 prostitute (esp. in Yuan theater)
dì wǔ
  1. 1 fifth
ròu
  1. 1 meat
  2. 2 flesh
  3. 3 pulp (of a fruit)
  4. 4 (coll.) (of a fruit) squashy
  5. 5 (of a person) flabby
  6. 6 irresolute
  7. 7 Kangxi radical 130
Huā
  1. 1 surname Hua
xuě huā
  1. 1 snowflake
sān wǔ
  1. 1 several
  2. 2 three or five
èr bǎi wǔ
  1. 1 idiot
  2. 2 stupid person
  3. 3 a dope
wǔ yī
  1. 1 5-1 (May 1st)
wǔ shí
  1. 1 fifty
wǔ guān
  1. 1 five sense organs of TCM (nose, eyes, lips, tongue, ears 鼻目口舌耳)
  2. 2 facial features
wǔ cǎi
  1. 1 five (main) colors (white, black, red, yellow, and blue)
  2. 2 multicolored
wǔ cǎi bīn fēn
  1. 1 all the colors in profusion (idiom); a garish display
wǔ xīng
  1. 1 the five visible planets, namely: Mercury 水星, Venus 金星, Mars 火星, Jupiter 木星, Saturn 土星
wǔ xīng jí
  1. 1 five-star (hotel)
Wǔ yuè
  1. 1 May
  2. 2 fifth month (of the lunar year)
Wǔ liáng yè
  1. 1 Wuliangye liquor
  2. 2 Five Grain liquor
wǔ zàng
  1. 1 five viscera of TCM, namely: heart 心[xīn], liver 肝[gān], spleen 脾[pí], lungs 肺[fèi] and kidneys 腎|肾[shèn]
wǔ huā ròu
  1. 1 pork belly
  2. 2 streaky pork
Wǔ jiǎo chǎng
  1. 1 Wujiaochang neighborhood of Shanghai, adjacent to Fudan University

Idioms (20)

一五一十
yī wǔ yī shí
  1. 1 lit. count by fives and tens (idiom); to narrate systematically and in full detail
三五成群
sān wǔ chéng qún
  1. 1 in groups of three or four (idiom)
三令五申
sān lìng wǔ shēn
  1. 1 to order again and again (idiom)
三番五次
sān fān wǔ cì
  1. 1 over and over again (idiom)
三纲五常
sān gāng wǔ cháng
  1. 1 three principles and five virtues (idiom)
  2. 2 the three rules (ruler guides subject, father guides son and husband guides wife) and five constant virtues of Confucianism (benevolence 仁, righteousness 義|义, propriety 禮|礼, wisdom 智 and fidelity 信)
五十步笑百步
wǔ shí bù xiào bǎi bù
  1. 1 the one who has retreated 50 steps laughs at the one who has retreated 100 steps (idiom)
  2. 2 the pot calls the kettle black
五味俱全
wǔ wèi jù quán
  1. 1 a complete gamut of all five flavors (idiom); every flavor under the sun
五味杂陈
wǔ wèi zá chén
  1. 1 with complex feelings (idiom)
五彩缤纷
wǔ cǎi bīn fēn
  1. 1 all the colors in profusion (idiom); a garish display
五百年前是一家
wǔ bǎi nián qián shì yī jiā
  1. 1 five hundred years ago we were the same family (idiom) (said of persons with the same surname)
五色缤纷
wǔ sè bīn fēn
  1. 1 all the colors in profusion (idiom); a garish display
五体投地
wǔ tǐ tóu dì
  1. 1 to prostrate oneself in admiration (idiom); to adulate sb
五鬼闹判
wǔ guǐ nào pàn
  1. 1 Five ghosts mock the judge, or Five ghosts resist judgment (title of folk opera, idiom); important personage mobbed by a crowd of ne'er-do-wells
人为刀俎,我为鱼肉
rén wéi dāo zǔ , wǒ wéi yú ròu
  1. 1 lit. to be the meat on sb's chopping block (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to be at sb's mercy
伸手不见五指
shēn shǒu bù jiàn wǔ zhǐ
  1. 1 pitch-dark (idiom)
借花献佛
jiè huā xiàn Fó
  1. 1 lit. presenting the Buddha with borrowed flowers (idiom); fig. to win favor or influence using sb else's property
  2. 2 plagiarism
包子有肉不在褶上
bāo zi yǒu ròu bù zài zhě shàng
  1. 1 a book is not judged by its cover (idiom)
名花有主
míng huā yǒu zhǔ
  1. 1 the girl is already taken (idiom)
四分五裂
sì fēn wǔ liè
  1. 1 all split up and in pieces (idiom); disunity (in an organization)
  2. 2 complete lack of unity
  3. 3 to disintegrate
  4. 4 falling apart
  5. 5 to be at sixes and sevens
四体不勤,五谷不分
sì tǐ bù qín , wǔ gǔ bù fēn
  1. 1 never move your four limbs, can't distinguish the five crops (idiom); living as a parasite

Sample Sentences

大家看,有葱、姜,还有大料,当然还有肉,肉一定要买带皮的五花肉。
dàjiā kàn ,yǒu cōng 、jiāng ,háiyǒu dàliào ,dāngrán háiyǒu ròu ,ròu yīdìng yào mǎi dài pí de wǔhuāròu 。
Everyone take a look. We have scallions, ginger, anise, and of course the meat. Make sure you get the marbled pork belly with the skin still attached.
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