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麸子

Word · NounTraditional麩子

wheat bran; chaff; mill offal

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Meanings

1 sense · 3 examples
1.

noun

wheat bran; chaff (the husks, skin, and fragments left after wheat is milled and sifted)

Also called 麸皮. Commonly used as animal feed or in health foods for its high fiber content. Distinct from 糠, which refers to chaff from rice or other grains.

Fū麸
zi子
kě可
yǐ以
yòng用
lái来
wèi喂
zhū猪
 。

Wheat bran can be used to feed pigs.

Zhè这
zhǒng种
quán全
mài麦
miàn面
bāo包
lǐ里
jiā加
le了
hěn很
duō多
fū麸
zi子
 。

This whole wheat bread has a lot of bran added to it.

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Nóng农
mín民
bǎ把
mó磨
xià下
lái来
de的
fū麸
zi子
cún存
qǐ起
lái来
dāng当
sì饲
liào料
 。

The farmers store the milled bran to use as animal feed.