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腩

Mandarin · pinyin nǎn

brisket
belly beef
spongy meat from cow's underside and neighboring ribs
see 牛腩 niú nǎn esp. Cantonese
erroneously translated as sirloin

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腩: nǎn · (Cant.) fatty meat on a cow's belly; abdomen; to boil meat

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(obsolete) to dip (meat) in condiments before roasting
(obsolete, rare) dried meat
(chiefly Cantonese, Hakka) belly flesh; belly meat; sirloin; tenderloin

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