大肉 (dà ròu) — pork | TongTong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

noun

pork

Measure word · 块

大肉。
Wǒ xǐ huan chī dà ròu jiǎo zi.
I like eating pork dumplings.
，大肉。
Shī fu, lái yì wǎn dà ròu miàn.
Chef, bring me a bowl of pork noodles.
大肉。
Chāo shì de dà ròu yòu zhǎng jià le.
The pork at the supermarket has gone up in price again.

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.

大 “big” + 肉 “meat” names pork, the main meat.

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

The form 大 is a picture of a person standing and facing forward, not of someone stretching their arms.

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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