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牛腩

niú nǎn

2-character word

What 牛腩 means

1. brisket (esp. Cantonese)
2. belly beef
3. spongy meat from cow's underside and neighboring ribs
4. erroneously translated as sirloin

The characters in 牛腩

• 牛niúox; cow; bull
• 腩nǎnbrisket; belly beef; spongy meat from cow's underside and neighboring ribs

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