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牛排
niú pái
Pinyin
Definition
牛排
-
niú pái
steak
Character Decomposition
牛
牛
排
扌
非
Related Words
(20)
排名
pái míng
1
to rank (1st, 2nd etc)
2
ranking
排行
pái háng
1
to rank
2
ranking
3
seniority (among siblings)
牛
Niú
1
surname Niu
牛奶
niú nǎi
1
cow's milk
2
CL:瓶[píng],杯[bēi]
金牛座
Jīn niú zuò
1
Taurus (constellation and sign of the zodiac)
公牛
gōng niú
1
bull
吹牛
chuī niú
1
to talk big
2
to shoot off one's mouth
3
to chat (dialect)
奶牛
nǎi niú
1
milk cow
2
dairy cow
安排
ān pái
1
to arrange
2
to plan
3
to set up
4
arrangements
5
plans
彩排
cǎi pái
1
dress rehearsal
排
pái
1
a row
2
a line
3
to set in order
4
to arrange
5
to line up
6
to eliminate
7
to drain
8
to push open
9
platoon
10
raft
11
classifier for lines, rows etc
排便
pái biàn
1
to defecate
排出
pái chū
1
to discharge
排列
pái liè
1
to arrange in order
2
(math.) permutation
排斥
pái chì
1
to reject
2
to exclude
3
to eliminate
4
to remove
5
to repel
排毒
pái dú
1
to expel poison (from the system)
2
to detox
排球
pái qiú
1
volleyball
2
CL:個|个[gè]
排练
pái liàn
1
to rehearse
2
rehearsal
排行榜
pái háng bǎng
1
the charts (of best-sellers)
2
table of ranking
排除
pái chú
1
to eliminate
2
to remove
3
to exclude
4
to rule out
Idioms
(20)
九牛一毛
jiǔ niú yī máo
1
lit. one hair from nine oxen (idiom)
2
fig. a drop in the ocean
九牛二虎之力
jiǔ niú èr hǔ zhī lì
1
tremendous strength (idiom)
初生牛犊不怕虎
chū shēng niú dú bù pà hǔ
1
lit. newborn calves do not fear tigers (idiom)
2
fig. the young are fearless
割鸡焉用牛刀
gē jī yān yòng niú dāo
1
lit. why use a pole-ax to slaughter a chicken? (idiom)
2
fig. to waste effort on a trifling matter
3
also written 殺雞焉用牛刀|杀鸡焉用牛刀[shā jī yān yòng niú dāo]
力排众议
lì pái zhòng yì
1
to stand one's ground against the opinion of the masses (idiom)
呼牛作马
hū niú zuò mǎ
1
to call sth a cow or a horse (idiom); it doesn't matter what you call it
2
Insult me if you want, I don't care what you call me.
呼牛呼马
hū niú hū mǎ
1
to call sth a cow or a horse (idiom); it doesn't matter what you call it
2
Insult me if you want, I don't care what you call me.
土牛木马
tǔ niú mù mǎ
1
clay ox, wooden horse (idiom); shape without substance
2
worthless object
多如牛毛
duō rú niú máo
1
as many as the hair of the ox (idiom)
2
great amount of
3
countless
大排长龙
dà pái cháng lóng
1
to form a long queue (idiom)
2
(of cars) to be bumper to bumper
对牛弹琴
duì niú tán qín
1
lit. to play the lute to a cow (idiom)
2
fig. offering a treat to an unappreciative audience
3
to cast pearls before swine
4
caviar to the general
5
to preach to deaf ears
6
to talk over sb's head
小试牛刀
xiǎo shì niú dāo
1
to give a small demonstration of one's impressive skills (idiom)
带牛佩犊
dài niú pèi dú
1
to abandon armed struggle and return to raising cattle (idiom)
排山倒海
pái shān dǎo hǎi
1
lit. to topple the mountains and overturn the seas (idiom); earth-shattering
2
fig. gigantic
3
of spectacular significance
排忧解难
pái yōu jiě nàn
1
to resolve a difficult situation and leave worries behind (idiom)
排难解纷
pái nàn jiě fēn
1
to remove perils and solve disputes (idiom); to reconcile differences
杀牛宰羊
shā niú zǎi yáng
1
slaughter the cattle and butcher the sheep
2
to prepare a big feast (idiom)
气喘如牛
qì chuǎn rú niú
1
to breathe heavily like an ox (idiom)
2
to huff and puff
汗牛充栋
hàn niú chōng dòng
1
lit. enough books to make a pack-ox sweat or to fill a house to the rafters (idiom); fig. many books
泥牛入海
ní niú rù hǎi
1
lit. a clay ox enters the sea (idiom); fig. to disappear with no hope of returning
Sample Sentences
我的牛排汉堡快好了吗?人都要饿扁了。
wǒ de niúpái hànbǎo kuài hǎo le ma ?rén dōu yào è biǎn le 。
Is my steak burger ready. I’m very hungry.
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Upper Intermediate
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好吧。那我想吃牛排,可以吗?
hǎo ba 。nà wǒ xiǎng chī niúpái ,kěyǐ ma ?
OK. I want to have steak, is that OK?
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Intermediate
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那你就点比较便宜的菲力牛排吧,看起来也不错。
nà nǐ jiù diǎnr bǐjiào piányi de fēilì niúpái ba ,kàn qǐlái yě bùcuò 。
Then just order the beef fillet. It's cheaper and it looks good.
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Intermediate
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牛排。
niúpái 。
A steak.
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Elementary
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烤牛排,海鲜,都很好吃,很正宗。
kǎo niúpái ,hǎixiān ,dōu hěn hǎochī ,hěn zhèngzōng 。
The grilled beef and seafood were both really tasty and very authentic.
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Elementary
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牛排。你呢?
niúpái 。nǐ ne ?
Steak. And you?
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Elementary
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我也点牛排。
wǒ yě diǎn niúpái 。
I'm also ordering steak.
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Elementary
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