生肉 (shēng ròu) — raw meat, uncooked meat

Definition

Literally 'raw meat' (生 = raw/uncooked, 肉 = meat). Used when contrasting with 熟肉 'cooked meat', especially in cooking and food-safety contexts.

noun

raw meatuncooked meat

Measure word · 块

生肉。
Chāo shì lǐ de shēng ròu bǐ shú ròu pián yi.
Raw meat in the supermarket is cheaper than cooked meat.
生肉。
Zuò zhè dào cài xū yào xiān bǎ shēng ròu qiē chéng xiǎo kuài.
To make this dish, you first need to cut the raw meat into small pieces.
生肉，。
Qǐng bǎ shēng ròu fàng jìn bīng xiāng, bié fàng zài wài miàn.
Please put the raw meat in the fridge, don't leave it outside.

Compound word

构词法gòucífǎ

偏正piānzhèngModifier + head

The first part narrows down the second: it says what kind of thing the head is.

生 “raw” + 肉 “meat” refers to uncooked meat.

Characters in this word

Two or more meaningful parts placed together so that their meanings combine into a new one.

生 shows 屮 (a bud) above 一 (the ground), drawing a sprout coming up from the earth.

A drawing of the thing itself, worn down over three thousand years into a few strokes.

The original shape of 肉 showed ribs of an animal’s torso, or simply a slice of meat.

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