‘雪花’ literally means ‘snow flower’—a poetic

‘鸡汤’ literally means 'chicken soup'—a traditi

‘Xiǎo jī’ literally means ‘small chicken’ an

母鸡 (mǔ jī) literally means 'mother chicken' an

‘公鸡’ literally means ‘male chicken’ — 公 (g

‘交错’ (jiāo cuò) is a verb meaning ‘to criss

铅块 (qiān kuài) literally means 'lead block' —

‘马路’ literally means ‘horse road’, reflectin

跑騁 is a literary verb meaning 'to gallop freely'

‘跑爪’ is a verb meaning 'to scratch with claws'

‘跑蹄’ is a verb meaning 'to stamp with hooves'

‘跑地’ (páo dì) is a verb meaning ‘to scrape

‘跑沙’ (páo shā) is a verb describing the acti

‘跑馬’ literally means 'to run horse' and functi

‘走失’ is a compound verb meaning ‘to get lost

‘皮蛋’ (pí dàn) literally means ‘skin egg’—

蛋黄 (dàn huáng) literally means 'egg yellow' —

蛋白 literally means 'egg' (蛋) + 'white' (白), an

'鸭蛋' literally combines '鸭' (yā), meaning 'duc

‘Jī dàn’ literally means ‘chicken egg’—it c

Yánsè means 'color' or 'hue' — the visual prope

‘变色’ literally means ‘to change color’ — co

红色 (hóng sè) literally means 'red color' and f

‘Féi ròu’ literally combines ‘féi’ (fat, fa

Shredded dried meat, or 'ròu sōng', is a traditi

‘Ròu diàn’ literally combines ‘ròu’ (meat)

鸡肉 (jī ròu) literally means 'chicken meat' and

‘替罪羊’ (tì zuì yáng) literally means ‘subs

羊圈 (yáng juàn) literally combines 羊 (yáng),

羊角 (yáng jiǎo) literally means 'ram’s horn'—

羊毛 (yáng máo) literally means 'sheep hair' and

‘绵羊’ literally combines ‘绵’ (mián), meanin

山羊 (shān yáng) literally means 'mountain sheep

‘Máo bǐ’ literally means ‘hair brush’—‘má

分离 (fēn lí) literally combines 分 (‘to divide

‘点睛之笔’ literally means ‘the brushstroke tha

‘点睛’ literally means ‘to dot the eye’ and or

‘Yǎn jīng’ literally means ‘eye’—the physic

百科全书 literally means 'hundred subjects, comple

'白色' literally means 'white color' and functions