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割肉
Mandarin · pinyin gē ròu
Meanings
- to cut some meat
- to cut off a piece of flesh
- (fig.) (coll.) to sell at a loss
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1–4 · ge1 rou4
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verb
- to cut meat
- to cut flesh from one's own body
- (figurative) to make a sacrifice very reluctantly
- (figurative, stock market) to sell (products, stocks, etc.) at a much lower price
- (Hokkien, figurative) to be grieved; to be pained (to let go of money as it cuts flesh in one's body)
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