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杂骨

雜骨
zágǔ
noun

Meanings

  1. 1 mixed / miscellaneous bones (butcher cut)
  2. 2 assorted bones (for broth)

About the ingredient

肉类 Meat

Mixed bones left over from butchering, mostly pork, sold by weight with some meat still on them. They are blanched to clean them, then simmered for a long time as a soup base.

Examples

HSK 7-9
Māma mǎi le yìxiē zágǔ lái dùn tāng.
Mom bought some mixed bones to stew for soup.
HSK 7-9
Zhè jiā diàn de zágǔ hěn piányi, áo tāng hěn xiāng.
This shop's assorted bones are cheap and make fragrant broth.

Tips

usage
杂骨 is a colloquial butcher/market term for mixed leftover bones sold cheaply for broth-making. Not a formal lexical entry, mostly encountered in cookbooks, meat-counter signs, and recipe contexts rather than dictionaries.

Stroke Order

杂 zá
骨 gǔ