脯 (pú) - dried meat & preserved fruit

脯Tone 2

pú ｜ 11 strokes ｜ radical:

柠七

脯 · pú

dried meat;

preserved fruit;

chest;

breast

dried meatpreserved fruitchest

Usage highlights

dried meatdried fruitchestchicken breastbeef jerkypreserved apricot

Synonyms

  • 胸— chest, bosom
  • 肉干— dried meat, jerky

Antonyms

  • 腿— leg (as opposed to breast/chest)

Usage & contexts

Examples

  • He enjoys eating dried fruit (果脯).
  • The recipe calls for dried meat (肉脯).
  • She had a pain in her chest (胸脯).
  • The chicken breast (鸡脯) is very tender.

Collocations

  • dried meat(肉脯)
  • dried fruit(果脯)
  • chest(胸脯)
  • chicken breast(鸡脯)
  • beef jerky(牛肉脯)
  • preserved apricot(杏脯)

Idioms

  • Pounding the chest and stamping the feet(捶胸脯顿足)
  • Beat one's chest and pull out one's hair(捶胸脯顿足)
  • Beat the breast and stamp the feet(捶胸脯顿足)

Cultural background

FAQ
  • 脯 was historically an important preserved food in Chinese cuisine, especially for travel and storage.
  • In traditional medicine, certain 脯 were considered to have nutritional and medicinal properties.
  • The character appears in idioms expressing extreme emotion through physical gestures involving the chest.

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