Results for “牛”

cow

Geraniaceae (the geranium family)

morning glory (Pharbitis nil)

Pharbitis, genus of herbaceous plants including Morning glory 牽牛|牵牛 (Pharbitis nil)

bullock

bison

offspring of a bull and a female yak

ancient yak of southeast China, also known as 犩[wéi]

mad cow disease / bovine spongiform encephalopathy, BSE

cash cow

to work like a horse and toil like an ox / fig. to slave for sb

buttermilk

beefalo (cross between domestic cattle and bison)

to see the ox already cut up into joints (idiom) / extremely skilled / able to see through the problem at one glance

(slang) really cool, awesome

(neologism, attested by 2021) (slang) extreme gregariousness / over-the-top confidence in social interactions

(slang) extreme extrovert / socially fearless person (abbr. for 社交牛逼症[shè jiāo niú bī zhèng])

chard (Beta vulgaris)

pure milk

Japanese ardisia (Ardisia japonica)

porcino (Boletus edulis)

takin (type of goat-antelope)

lit. an old cow eats young grass (idiom) / fig. a May-December relationship / a romance where the man is significantly older than the woman

see 老牛破車|老牛破车[lǎo niú pò chē]

lit. old ox pulling a shabby cart (idiom) / fig. slow and inefficient

lit. an old ox licking its calf (idiom) / fig. (of parents) to dote on one's children

plow ox

fatty beef slices (esp. for hot pot)

fat-free milk / skim milk

beef cattle (grown for meat)

fillet steak

lit. to crawl like a snail and plod along like an old ox (idiom) / fig. to move at a snail's pace / to make slow progress

sb who sells one's blood for a living

"shopping coupon scalper", sb who sells unwanted or returned shopping coupons to others for a profit

fillet beef served sizzling on a hot iron plate

beef grilled on a hot iron plate

see 鑽牛角尖|钻牛角尖[zuān niú jiǎo jiān]

beef with green peppers

ox harnessed for plowing

to push with the forehead / to lock horns / to be at loggerheads