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niú ox / cow / bull / CL:條|条[tiao2],頭|头[tou2] / newton (abbr. for 牛頓|牛顿[niu2 dun4]) / (slang) awesome
牛奶 niú nǎi cow's milk / CL:瓶[ping2],杯[bei1]
奶牛 nǎi niú milk cow / dairy cow
对牛弹琴 duì niú tán qín lit. to play the lute to a cow (idiom) / fig. offering a treat to an unappreciative audience / to cast pearls before swine / caviar to the general / to preach to deaf ears / to talk over sb's head
奉若神明 fèng ruò shén míng to honor sb as a God (idiom); to revere / to worship / to deify / to make a holy cow of sth / to put sb on a pedestal
舐犊情深 shì qíng shēn lit. the cow licking its calf fondly (idiom) / fig. to show deep affection towards one's children
人鱼 rén mermaid / dugong / sea cow / manatee / giant salamander
肥肉 féi ròu fat (e.g. pork fat) / fatty meat / (fig.) a gold mine / cash cow
威吓 wēi to threaten / to intimidate / to cow
六畜 liù chù six domestic animals, namely: pig, cow, sheep, horse, chicken and dog
三牲 sān shēng the three sacrificial animals (originally cow, sheep and pig; later pig, chicken and fish)
狂牛病 kuáng niú bìng mad cow disease / bovine spongiform encephalopathy, BSE
牛角 niú jiǎo cow horn
偶蹄类 ǒu lèi Artiodactyla (even-toed ungulates, such as pigs, cows, giraffes etc)
疯牛病 fēng niú bìng mad cow disease (bovine spongiform encephalopathy)
牸牛 niú cow
牛只 niú zhī cow / cattle
呼牛作马 niú zuò to call sth a cow or a horse (idiom); it doesn't matter what you call it / Insult me if you want, I don't care what you call me.
牛角挂书 niú jiǎo guà shū lit. to hang one's books on cow horns (idiom) / fig. to be diligent in one's studies
舐犊之爱 shì zhī ài the love of a cow licking her calf (idiom) / parental love
牛乳 niú cow's milk
倒嚼 dǎo jiào (of cows) to ruminate
偶蹄目 ǒu Artiodactyla (even-toed ungulates, such as pigs, cows, giraffes etc)
肥羊 féi yáng (fig.) attractive and easy mark / source of steady profit / moneymaker / cash cow
倒噍 dǎo jiào to ruminate (of cows)


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