疯牛病
fēng niú bìng
Pinyin

Definition

疯牛病
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fēng niú bìng
  1. mad cow disease (bovine spongiform encephalopathy)

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

Niú
  1. 1 surname Niu
niú nǎi
  1. 1 cow's milk
  2. 2 CL:瓶[píng],杯[bēi]
niú ròu
  1. 1 beef
niú bī
  1. 1 variant of 牛屄[niú bī]
shēng bìng
  1. 1 to fall ill
bìng
  1. 1 illness
  2. 2 CL:場|场[cháng]
  3. 3 disease
  4. 4 to fall ill
  5. 5 defect
bìng rén
  1. 1 sick person
  2. 2 patient
  3. 3 invalid
  4. 4 CL:個|个[gè]
shén jīng bìng
  1. 1 mental disorder
  2. 2 neuropathy
  3. 3 (derog.) mental case
Jīn niú
  1. 1 Taurus (star sign)
  2. 2 Jinniu district of Chengdu city 成都市[Chéng dū shì], Sichuan
Jīn niú zuò
  1. 1 Taurus (constellation and sign of the zodiac)
Fú niú shān
  1. 1 Funiu mountain range in southwest Henan, an eastern extension of Qinling range 秦嶺山脈|秦岭山脉[Qín lǐng shān mài], Shaanxi
chuán rǎn bìng
  1. 1 infectious disease
  2. 2 contagious disease
  3. 3 pestilence
gōng niú
  1. 1 bull
chuī niú
  1. 1 to talk big
  2. 2 to shoot off one's mouth
  3. 3 to chat (dialect)
dà bìng
  1. 1 serious illness
nǎi niú
  1. 1 milk cow
  2. 2 dairy cow
xiǎo niú
  1. 1 calf
  2. 2 (coll.) lower-priced model of Lamborghini
xiǎo bìng
  1. 1 minor illness
  2. 2 indisposition
xīn bìng
  1. 1 anxiety
  2. 2 sore point
  3. 3 secret worry
  4. 4 mental disorder
  5. 5 heart disease (medicine)
xīn zàng bìng
  1. 1 heart disease

Idioms (20)

一病不起
yī bìng bù qǐ
  1. 1 to fall gravely ill, never to recover (idiom)
久病成良医
jiǔ bìng chéng liáng yī
  1. 1 long illness makes the patient into a good doctor (idiom)
九牛一毛
jiǔ niú yī máo
  1. 1 lit. one hair from nine oxen (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. a drop in the ocean
九牛二虎之力
jiǔ niú èr hǔ zhī lì
  1. 1 tremendous strength (idiom)
切中时病
qiè zhòng shí bìng
  1. 1 to hit the target where it hurts (idiom); fig. to hit home
  2. 2 to hit the nail on the head (in an argument)
初生牛犊不怕虎
chū shēng niú dú bù pà hǔ
  1. 1 lit. newborn calves do not fear tigers (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. the young are fearless
割鸡焉用牛刀
gē jī yān yòng niú dāo
  1. 1 lit. why use a pole-ax to slaughter a chicken? (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to waste effort on a trifling matter
  3. 3 also written 殺雞焉用牛刀|杀鸡焉用牛刀[shā jī yān yòng niú dāo]
同病相怜
tóng bìng xiāng lián
  1. 1 fellow sufferers empathize with each other (idiom); misery loves company
呼牛作马
hū niú zuò mǎ
  1. 1 to call sth a cow or a horse (idiom); it doesn't matter what you call it
  2. 2 Insult me if you want, I don't care what you call me.
呼牛呼马
hū niú hū mǎ
  1. 1 to call sth a cow or a horse (idiom); it doesn't matter what you call it
  2. 2 Insult me if you want, I don't care what you call me.
丧心病狂
sàng xīn bìng kuáng
  1. 1 deranged
  2. 2 demented
  3. 3 berserk (idiom)
土牛木马
tǔ niú mù mǎ
  1. 1 clay ox, wooden horse (idiom); shape without substance
  2. 2 worthless object
多如牛毛
duō rú niú máo
  1. 1 as many as the hair of the ox (idiom)
  2. 2 great amount of
  3. 3 countless
多愁多病
duō chóu duō bìng
  1. 1 much sorrows and illness (idiom); melancholy and weakly
对牛弹琴
duì niú tán qín
  1. 1 lit. to play the lute to a cow (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. offering a treat to an unappreciative audience
  3. 3 to cast pearls before swine
  4. 4 caviar to the general
  5. 5 to preach to deaf ears
  6. 6 to talk over sb's head
小试牛刀
xiǎo shì niú dāo
  1. 1 to give a small demonstration of one's impressive skills (idiom)
带牛佩犊
dài niú pèi dú
  1. 1 to abandon armed struggle and return to raising cattle (idiom)
杀牛宰羊
shā niú zǎi yáng
  1. 1 slaughter the cattle and butcher the sheep
  2. 2 to prepare a big feast (idiom)
气喘如牛
qì chuǎn rú niú
  1. 1 to breathe heavily like an ox (idiom)
  2. 2 to huff and puff
汗牛充栋
hàn niú chōng dòng
  1. 1 lit. enough books to make a pack-ox sweat or to fill a house to the rafters (idiom); fig. many books

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