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烤肉

Mandarin · pinyin kǎo ròu

to barbecue meat; to roast meat
barbecued meat; roast meat

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烤: kǎo · bake, roast, toast, cook
肉: ròu · flesh; meat; Kangxi radical 130

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3–4 · kao3 rou4

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noun

roast (meat); barbecue

verb

(literal) to roast meat
(ACG, neologism) to localize foreign video games; to dub or subtitle foreign movies or television series (especially without authorization)

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