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腤

Character · VerbTraditional胺

to cook; to boil (fish, meat)

Tone colorsmāmámǎmàma

Meanings

1 sense · 3 examples
1.

verb

to cook by boiling; to stew (fish or meat)

archaic

An archaic literary verb specifically referring to the cooking of fish and meat. Not used in modern everyday language.

Gǔ古
rén人
cháng常
yán言
 ，
yú鱼
kuài脍
yí宜
ān胺
 。

The ancients often said that thin-sliced fish is best cooked by boiling.

Cǐ此
ròu肉
xū需
ān胺
zhī之
ér而
hòu后
shí食
 。

This meat needs to be stewed before eating.

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Ān胺
shǐ豕
fèng奉
shén神
 ，
gǔ古
lǐ礼
yě也
 。

Offering stewed pork to the gods was an ancient ritual.