东坡肉
Dōng pō ròu
Pinyin

Definition

东坡肉
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Dōng pō ròu
  1. stir-fried pork, favorite of Northern Song writer Su Shi 蘇軾|苏轼, a.k.a. Su Dongpo 蘇東坡|苏东坡

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

牛肉
niú ròu
  1. 1 beef
肉
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
五花肉
wǔ huā ròu
  1. 1 pork belly
  2. 2 streaky pork
人肉
rén ròu
  1. 1 to crowdsource information about sb or sth (abbr. for 人肉搜索[rén ròu sōu suǒ])
  2. 2 human (used attributively, as in 人肉盾牌[rén ròu dùn pái], human shield)
吉隆坡
Jí lóng pō
  1. 1 Kuala Lumpur, capital of Malaysia
回锅肉
huí guō ròu
  1. 1 twice-cooked pork
坡
pō
  1. 1 slope
  2. 2 CL:個|个[gè]
  3. 3 sloping
  4. 4 slanted
大肉
dà ròu
  1. 1 pork
山坡
shān pō
  1. 1 hillside
新加坡
Xīn jiā pō
  1. 1 Singapore
果肉
guǒ ròu
  1. 1 pulp
涮羊肉
shuàn yáng ròu
  1. 1 Mongolian hot pot
  2. 2 instant-boiled mutton (dish)
滑坡
huá pō
  1. 1 rockslide
  2. 2 landslip
  3. 3 landslide
  4. 4 mudslide
  5. 5 fig. slump
  6. 6 downturn
  7. 7 to decline
烤肉
kǎo ròu
  1. 1 barbecue (lit. roast meat)
牛肉干
niú ròu gān
  1. 1 dried beef
  2. 2 jerky
  3. 3 charqui
牛肉面
niú ròu miàn
  1. 1 beef noodle soup
狗肉
gǒu ròu
  1. 1 dog meat
生肉
shēng ròu
  1. 1 raw meat
瘦肉
shòu ròu
  1. 1 lean meat
瘦肉精
shòu ròu jīng
  1. 1 leanness-enhancing agent (for livestock)

Idioms (20)

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
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)
弱肉强食
ruò ròu qiáng shí
  1. 1 lit. the weak are prey to the strong (idiom); fig. predatory behavior
  2. 2 the law of the jungle
心惊肉跳
xīn jīng ròu tiào
  1. 1 lit. heart alarmed, body leaping (idiom); fear and trepidation in the face of disaster
情同骨肉
qíng tóng gǔ ròu
  1. 1 as close as flesh and bones (idiom); deep friendship
情逾骨肉
qíng yú gǔ ròu
  1. 1 feelings deeper than for one's own flesh and blood (idiom)
  2. 2 deep friendship
手心手背都是肉
shǒu xīn shǒu bèi dōu shì ròu
  1. 1 lit. both the palm and the back of the hand are made of flesh (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to both be of equal importance
  3. 3 to value both equally
挖肉补疮
wā ròu bǔ chuāng
  1. 1 to cut one's flesh to cover a sore (idiom); faced with a current crisis, to make it worse by a temporary expedient
挂羊头卖狗肉
guà yáng tóu mài gǒu ròu
  1. 1 lit. to hang a sheep's head while selling dog meat (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to cheat
  3. 3 dishonest advertising
  4. 4 wicked deeds carried out under banner of virtue
生死肉骨
shēng sǐ ròu gǔ
  1. 1 lit. the dead returning to life
  2. 2 a miracle (idiom)
癞蛤蟆想吃天鹅肉
lài há ma xiǎng chī tiān é ròu
  1. 1 lit. the toad wants to eat swan meat (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to try to punch above one's weight
皮笑肉不笑
pí xiào ròu bù xiào
  1. 1 to put on a fake smile (idiom)
  2. 2 to smile insincerely
皮开肉绽
pí kāi ròu zhàn
  1. 1 flesh lacerated from corporal punishment (idiom)
细皮嫩肉
xì pí nèn ròu
  1. 1 soft skin and tender flesh (idiom)
  2. 2 smooth-skinned
肉眼凡胎
ròu yǎn fán tāi
  1. 1 ignoramus (idiom)
自相鱼肉
zì xiāng yú ròu
  1. 1 butchering one another as fish and flesh (idiom); killing one another
  2. 2 internecine strife
血肉模糊
xuè ròu mó hu
  1. 1 to be badly mangled or mutilated (idiom)
血肉横飞
xuè ròu héng fēi
  1. 1 flesh and blood flying (idiom); carnage
  2. 2 people blown to pieces
血肉相连
xuè ròu xiāng lián
  1. 1 one's own flesh and blood (idiom); closely related
行尸走肉
xíng shī zǒu ròu
  1. 1 walking corpse (idiom)
  2. 2 zombie
  3. 3 person who lives only on the material level

Sample Sentences

说到苏轼苏东坡，我就想到了一道西湖名菜，东坡肉。这菜呢属江浙菜系，薄皮嫩肉，色泽红亮，想想就要流口水啊。
shuōdào Sū Shì sūdōngpō ，wǒ jiù xiǎngdào le yī dào xīhú míngcài ，Dōngpōròu 。zhè cài ne shǔ Jiāng Zhè càixì ，báo pí nèn ròu ，sèzé hóngliàng ，xiǎngxiang jiùyào liúkǒushuǐ ā 。
Talking of Su Shi, or of Su Dongpo, as he's also known, I've thought of a famous dish from the West Lake area, "Dongpo" stir-fried pork. This dish belongs to the Zhejiang-Jiangsu cuisine family, thin-skinned tender pork, a bright red color, just thinking of it makes me drool.
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东坡肉。
Dōngpōròu 。
Dong Po braised pork.
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