脤 (shèn) - Sacrificial meat — raw meat used in ancient & also refers to cooked meat offered to troops.

脤Tone 4

shèn ｜ 11 strokes ｜ radical:

上姝

脤 · shèn

Sacrificial meat — raw meat used in ancient Chinese sacrificial ceremonies;

also refers to cooked meat offered to troops.

Sacrificial meat — raw meat used in ancientalso refers to cooked meat offered to troops.

Usage highlights

Sacrificial meatRaw sacrificial meatCooked sacrificial meatDistribute sacrificial meatReceive sacrificial meatSacrificial ceremony meat

Synonyms

  • 祭肉— sacrificial meat
  • 胙肉— sacrificial meat (specifically from ancestral worship)

Usage & contexts

Examples

  • The sacrificial meat (脤) was offered to the ancestors.
  • They distributed the cooked meat (脤肉) to the soldiers.
  • Ancient rituals involved offerings of raw meat (脤).

Collocations

  • Sacrificial meat(脤肉)
  • Raw sacrificial meat(生脤)
  • Cooked sacrificial meat(熟脤)
  • Distribute sacrificial meat(分脤)
  • Receive sacrificial meat(受脤)
  • Sacrificial ceremony meat(祭脤)

Idioms

  • Distribute sacrificial meat to troops(分脤赐军)
  • Receive sacrificial meat for military campaign(受脤出征)

Cultural background

FAQ
  • In ancient China, 脤 referred to raw meat used in sacrificial ceremonies to ancestors and deities.
  • Cooked 脤 was distributed to troops before military campaigns as a ritual to boost morale.
  • The character appears in classical texts like the Rites of Zhou and Zuo Zhuan.
  • Usage is now largely archaic and limited to historical or classical contexts.

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