"Flesh" • Chinese-English Dictionary

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 jī ròu muscle / flesh
 jī fū skin / flesh / fig. close physical relationship
 xuè ròu flesh
 ròu meat / flesh / pulp (of a fruit) / (coll.) (of a fruit) squashy / (of a person) flabby / irresolute / Kangxi radical 130
 jī flesh / muscle
 tǐ fū skin / flesh / body
 xiàn shēn to show oneself / to appear / (of a deity) to appear in the flesh
 yú ròu flesh of fish / fish and meat / (fig.) victims of oppression / (fig.) to cruelly oppress (i.e. to treat like flesh to be carved up)
 lì bù cóng xīn less capable than desirable (idiom) / not as strong as one would wish / the spirit is willing but the flesh is weak
 gǔ ròu blood relation / kin / one's flesh and blood
 pí ròu skin and flesh / superficial / physical (suffering) / bodily
 xuè zú blood relations / one's own flesh and blood / kin
 zhuì ròu excess flesh / unwanted fat / flab / bulge
 zhēn shí gǎn the feeling that sth is genuine / sense of reality / in the flesh
 gē ròu to cut some meat / to cut off a piece of flesh / (fig.) (coll.) to sell at a loss
 dōng gū donko shiitake mushroom, a prized type of shiitake (Lentinula edodes) cultivated in winter, with thick flesh and partially open cap
 xuè ròu héng fēi flesh and blood flying (idiom) / carnage / people blown to pieces
 xīn yǒu yú ér lì bù zú the will is there, but not the strength (idiom) / the spirit is willing but the flesh is weak
 fǔ ròu rotting flesh / carrion
 pí kāi ròu zhàn flesh lacerated from corporal punishment (idiom)
 xuè ròu xiāng lián one's own flesh and blood (idiom) / closely related
 ròu zhōng cì a thorn in one's flesh
 chòu pí náng this mortal flesh
 guǎ cut off the flesh as punishment
 zū marshland / swamp / salted or pickled vegetables / to mince / to shred / to mince human flesh and bones / Taiwan pr. [ju1]
 zuò to grant or bestow / sacrificial flesh offered to the gods (old) / blessing / title of a sovereign (old)
 còu the tissue between the skin and the flesh
 gǔ ròu xiāng lián lit. interrelated as bones and flesh (idiom) / inseparably related / closely intertwined
 lu:4 sacrificial flesh
 qíng tóng gǔ ròu as close as flesh and bones (idiom) / deep friendship
 qíng yú gǔ ròu feelings deeper than for one's own flesh and blood (idiom) / deep friendship
 wā ròu bǔ chuāng to cut one's flesh to cover a sore (idiom) / faced with a current crisis, to make it worse by a temporary expedient
 zì xiāng yú ròu butchering one another as fish and flesh (idiom) / killing one another / internecine strife
 mǎi xiào zhuī huān lit. to buy smiles to seek happiness / abandon oneself to the pleasures of the flesh (idiom)
 shí ròu qǐn pí to eat sb's flesh and sleep on their hide (idiom) / to swear revenge on sb / implacable hatred / to have sb's guts for garters
 gē gǔ liǎo qīn to cut flesh from one's thigh to nourish a sick parent (idiom) / filial thigh-cutting
 gǔ xuè flesh and blood / one's offspring
 rén ròu sōu suǒ yǐn qíng human flesh search engine / a large-scale collective effort to find details about a person or event (Internet slang)
 xīn yǒu yú , lì bù zú The will is there, but not the strength (idiom, from Confucian Analects). / I really want to do it, but don't have the resources. / The spirit is willing but the flesh is weak.
 pí ròu zhī kǔ physical pain / lit. skin and flesh suffer
 yǎn zhōng cì a thorn in one's eye / fig. a thorn in one's flesh
 tuō pí diào ròu lit. to shed skin, drop flesh / to work as hard as possible / to work one's butt off
 gāo xuè lit. fat and blood / fruit of one's hard labor / flesh and blood
 zū hǎi to execute sb and mince his flesh and bones (archaic form of retribution)
 lì huáng the flesh of oyster / marinated oyster meat
 yú nǎn meaty flesh from the underbelly of the carp
 qīn shēng gǔ ròu one's own flesh and blood
 huò sound of flesh being separated from the bone
 shǒu xīn shǒu bèi dōu shì ròu lit. both the palm and the back of the hand are made of flesh (idiom) / fig. to both be of equal importance / to value both equally
 xì pí nèn ròu soft skin and tender flesh (idiom) / smooth-skinned
 tiān qīn one's flesh and blood
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