牛皮糖

niúpítáng

noun

Measure Word

一块牛皮糖 kuài

Meanings

1 chewy taffy candy (lit. 'cowhide candy')
2 (figurative) clingy, persistent person you can't shake off

Characters

Examples

扬州的牛皮糖软糯有嚼劲。

Yángzhōu de niúpítáng ruǎn nuò yǒu jiáojìn.

Yangzhou's niupi taffy is soft, sticky and pleasingly chewy.

这家伙就像牛皮糖一样，甩都甩不掉。

Zhè jiāhuo jiù xiàng niúpítáng yīyàng, shuǎi dōu shuǎi bù diào.

This guy is like cowhide taffy — you just can't shake him off.

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usage

Two senses worth knowing: literally a chewy taffy (Yangzhou is famous for it), and figuratively someone tenaciously clingy — once stuck to you, impossible to peel away. The figurative sense often appears as 跟牛皮糖似的.

Stroke Order

牛 niú

皮 pí

糖 táng