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肉烂在锅里

ròu làn zài guō lǐ

5-character word Traditional 肉爛在鍋裡

What 肉烂在锅里 means

1. lit. the meat falls apart as it stews, but it all stays in the pot (idiom)
2. fig. some of us may lose or gain, but in any case the benefits don't go to outsiders

The characters in 肉烂在锅里

• 肉ròumeat; flesh; pulp (of a fruit)
• 烂lànsoft; mushy; well-cooked and soft; to rot; to decompose
• 在zàito exist; to be alive; (of sb or sth) to be (located) at…
• 锅guōpot; pan; wok; cauldron; pot-shaped thing
• 里lǐlining; interior; inside