猪膘肉

豬膘肉

zhūbiāoròu

noun

Measure Word

一块猪膘肉 kuài

Meanings

1 pork backfat
2 slab pork fat used for lard or cured preparations

Characters

fat (of livestock)

Examples

猪膘肉可以炼成猪油。

Zhūbiāoròu kěyǐ liàn chéng zhūyóu.

Pork backfat can be rendered into lard.

摩梭人把整头猪腌成猪膘肉。

Mósuōrén bǎ zhěng tóu zhū yān chéng zhūbiāoròu.

The Mosuo people salt an entire pig into zhubiao preserved pork.

Tips

culture

Among the Mosuo and Yi peoples around Lugu Lake, a whole boned pig is salted and sewn shut to cure for years; the finished 猪膘 can be stored for decades as a dowry asset.

Stroke Order

猪 zhū

膘 biāo

肉 ròu