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庖
páo
kitchen; cooking, cuisine
🔤 Pictophonetic:
广 (house) provides meaning, 包 provides pronunciation
Words Using 庖 (5)
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庖
páo
kitchen
庖
páo
kitchen
君子远庖厨
jūnzǐyuànpáochú
lit. a nobleman stays clear of the kitchen (idiom, from Mencius) / fig. a nobleman who has seen a living animal cannot bear to see it die, hence he keeps away from the kitchen
君子远庖厨
jūnzǐyuànpáochú
lit. a nobleman stays clear of the kitchen (idiom, from Mencius) / fig. a nobleman who has seen a living animal cannot bear to see it die, hence he keeps away from the kitchen
庖厨
páochú
kitchen / cook / chef
庖厨
páochú
kitchen / cook / chef
庖牺氏
Páoxīshì
another name for [[伏羲<FúXī>]], consort of [[女媧|女娲<Nǚwā>]]
庖牺氏
Páoxīshì
another name for [[伏羲<FúXī>]], consort of [[女媧|女娲<Nǚwā>]]
越俎代庖
yuèzǔdàipáo
lit. to go beyond the sacrificial altar and take over the kitchen (idiom); fig. to exceed one's place and meddle in other people's affairs / to take matters into one's own hands
越俎代庖
yuèzǔdàipáo
lit. to go beyond the sacrificial altar and take over the kitchen (idiom); fig. to exceed one's place and meddle in other people's affairs / to take matters into one's own hands
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⿸广包
i
Component Tree i
bāo
包
wrap, pack, bundle; package
💡 Ideographic:
To swaddle 勹 a baby 巳; 勹 also provides the pronunciation
5 strokes
HSK 3