"Milk" • Chinese-English Dictionary

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 rǔ yè milk / lotion / emulsion
 rǔ zhī milk
 nǎi zi (coll.) milk / (coll.) breast / booby / tit
 jǐ nǎi to milk
 nǎi zhī milk from a woman's breast / milk (used in the names of dishes to indicate white sauce)
 rǔ breast / milk
 dòng milk / sound of a drum
 niú nǎi cow's milk / CL:瓶[ping2],杯[bei1]
 nǎi fěn powdered milk
 nǎi chá milk tea
 nǎi niú milk cow / dairy cow
 chǎn chū to produce (graduates, breast milk, toxic waste, creative ideas etc) / output
 dòu jiāng soy milk
 xiān nǎi fresh milk
 mǔ rǔ breast milk
 fù shí pǐn non-staple foods / (Tw) solids (food for infants other than breast milk and formula)
 zhēn zhū nǎi chá pearl milk tea / tapioca milk tea / bubble milk tea
 chōng pào to add water (or other liquid) to (another ingredient such as powdered milk or tea leaves) / to infuse (tea)
 huáng qí huangqi / milk vetch root (used in TCM) / Astragalus membranaceus or Astragalus mongholicus
 sōu guā to rake in (money) / to plunder / to milk people dry
 nǎi shuǐ breast milk
 dòu nǎi soy milk
 guàn jiāng grouting / (of grain) to be in the milk / to form a vesicle (medicine)
 yè tài nǎi general term for milk packaged for the consumer, including long-life (UHT) milk, pasteurized milk and reconstituted milk
 yú mǐ zhī xiāng (lit.) land of fish and rice / (fig.) fertile region / land of milk and honey
 rǔ xiù wèi gān lit. smell of breast milk not yet dried (idiom) / fig. immature and inexperienced / still wet behind the ears
 rǔ yá deciduous tooth / milk tooth / baby tooth
 yáng nǎi sheep's milk
 dòu zhī douzhi, fermented drink made from ground mung beans / soy milk
 chún niú nǎi pure milk
 jì wǎng bù jiù to forget and not bear recriminations (idiom) / to let bygones be bygones / There is no point in crying over spilt milk.
 liàn rǔ to condense milk (by evaporation) / condensed milk
 huàn yá to grow replacement teeth (zoology) / to grow permanent teeth in place of milk teeth
 yē nǎi coconut milk
 rǔ zhī cream / milk fat
 sū yóu huā butter sculpture (Tibetan art form using paint derived from milk products)
 mài rǔ jīng malt milk extract
 dú nǎi fěn poisoned milk powder / refers to 2008 PRC scandal involving milk powder adulterated with melamine 三聚氰胺[san1 ju4 qing2 an4]
 lào curdled milk or fruit juice / also pr. [luo4]
 tiáo shed the milk teeth / young
 chèn to replace the milk teeth
 tì gǔ rén dān yōu to fret over the worries of long-departed people (idiom) / to worry unnecessarily / crying over spilt milk / often used with negatives, e.g. no need to worry about past issues
 tì gǔ rén dān yōu to fret over the worries of long-departed people (idiom) / to worry unnecessarily / crying over spilt milk / often used with negatives, e.g. no need to worry about past issues
 fù shuǐ nán shōu spilt water is difficult to retrieve (idiom) / it's no use crying over spilt milk / what's done is done and can't be reversed / the damage is done / once divorced, there's no reuniting
齿 rǔ chǐ deciduous tooth / milk tooth / baby tooth
 nǎi breast / lady / milk
 bō bà nǎi chá bubble milk tea (Tw) / Boba milk tea / tapioca milk tea / see also 珍珠奶茶[zhen1 zhu1 nai3 cha2]
 lā chá teh tarik, an Indian-style tea with milk
 liàn nǎi condensed milk
 zhòng muddy, turbid / milk
 bù jiā niú nǎi without milk / black (of tea, coffee etc)
 lì lè bāo carton (e.g. for milk or juice) / Tetra Pak
 Kuài kě lì Quickly, tapioca milk tea franchise
 dǎ nǎi lit. to beat milk / to churn (to make butter) / milk foamer (for cappuccino)
 dǎ fān le de niú nǎi ér kū qì to weep over spilt milk
 zàn yá deciduous tooth / milk tooth / baby tooth / also written 乳齒|乳齿[ru3 chi3]
 guǒ shū suān suān rǔ fruit sour milk
 mǔ rǔ dài substitute for mother's milk / milk powder
 dú nǎi poisoned milk / contaminated milk / refers to 2008 PRC scandal involving milk products adulterated with melamine 三聚氰胺[san1 ju4 qing2 an4]
 zhēn nǎi abbr. for pearl milk tea 珍珠奶茶
 měi lù Nestlé / Milo (chocolate-flavored powder added to milk or water)
 yào jiā niú nǎi with milk / white (of tea, coffee etc)
 huáng qí milk vetch / plant genus Astragalus / huangqi 黃芪|黄芪, Astragalus membranaceus (used in TCM)
齿 chǐ gēng dental transition (from milk teeth to adult teeth)
 mǎ nǎi jiǔ kumis / horse milk wine
 mǐ jiāng rice milk
 shēng xiān nǎi raw milk
 xī nǎi to suckle / to pump breast milk with a breast pump
 Yǎng lè duō Yakult (Japanese brand of fermented milk drink)
 yíng yǎng tuō zhī nǎi reinforced skim milk
  International Convention concerning the Export and Import of Animal Products (other than Meat, Meat Preparations, Fresh Animal Products, Milk and Milk Products) / International Convention concerning the Export and Import of Animal Products
 yuán liào nǎi raw milk
 jiǎn zhī niú nǎi toned milk
  milk conservation
 chōng tiáo to reconstitute (a powdered beverage) by adding water, milk etc
 pō chū qù de shuǐ spilt water / (fig.) sth that can not be retrieved / spilt milk
便 yǒu nǎi biàn shì niáng lit. whoever provides milk is your mother (idiom) / fig. to follow whoever is feeding you / to put one's loyalties where one's interests lie
 Gòng chá Gong Cha, international franchise selling Taiwan-style milk tea and smoothies etc, established in Kaohsiung in 2006
 yē jiāng coconut milk
 rǔ bǔ (literary) to feed an infant breast milk
 zǐ yún yīng Chinese milk vetch (Astragalus sinicus)
 dòu rǔ soybean milk / fermented bean curd
 fù yuán rǔ reconstituted milk
 huán yuán rǔ reconstituted milk (Tw)
 tōng rǔ (medicine) to unblock breastmilk flow (of a nursing mother with clogged milk ducts)
 mǔ rǔ dài yòng pǐn breast milk substitute
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