scalding pot; slaughterhouse
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Meanings
2 senses · 5 examplesnoun
large pot for boiling water to remove hair from slaughtered livestock
A specialized piece of equipment used in slaughterhouses to scald pigs, cattle, or other animals to facilitate hair removal.
Gōng工
rén人
men们
zhèng正
zài在
qīng清
xǐ洗
tāng汤
guō锅
。
The workers are cleaning the scalding pot.
Bǎ把
zhū猪
fàng放
jìn进
tāng汤
guō锅
lǐ里
tuì煺
máo毛
。
Put the pig into the scalding pot to remove the hair.
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Zhè这
gè个
tāng汤
guō锅
yī一
cì次
kě可
yǐ以
tàng烫
sān三
tóu头
zhū猪
。
This scalding pot can process three pigs at a time.
noun
slaughterhouse (by extension)
A metonymic extension referring to the entire slaughterhouse or the work done there, often implying bloody or messy work.
Tā他
zài在
tāng汤
guō锅
gàn干
le了
shí十
nián年
。
He has worked at the slaughterhouse for ten years.
Zhè这
jiā家
tāng汤
guō锅
měi每
tiān天
tú屠
zǎi宰
shàng上
bǎi百
tóu头
niú牛
。
This slaughterhouse slaughters hundreds of cattle every day.