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肉
Meaning
- meat
- flesh
- pulp (of a fruit)
Example sentence
弱肉强食。
The weak are food for the strong.
The character 肉
肉 is a cut of meat with the grain drawn inside it, and as a component it flattens into what looks like 月 — which is why 脸, 腿 and 胖 appear to carry a moon. 牛肉 and 羊肉 name the animal first.