| 肉烂在锅里 |
ròu làn zài guō lǐ |
lit. the meat falls apart as it stews, but it all stays in the pot (idiom) / fig. some of us may lose or gain, but in any case the benefits don't go to outsiders |
| 肉 |
ròu |
meat / flesh / pulp (of a fruit) / (coll.) (of a fruit) squashy / (of a person) flabby / irresolute / Kangxi radical 130 |
| 烂 |
làn |
soft; mushy / well-cooked and soft / to rot; to decompose / rotten / worn out / chaotic; messy / utterly; thoroughly / crappy; bad |
| 在 |
zài |
to exist; to be alive / (of sb or sth) to be (located) at / (used before a verb to indicate an action in progress) |
| 锅 |
guō |
pot; pan; wok; cauldron / pot-shaped thing / CL:口,只 |
| 里 |
lǐ |
variant of 里 |
| 里 |
lǐ |
lining / interior / inside / internal / also written 里 |
| 里 |
Lǐ |
Li (surname) |
| 里 |
lǐ |
li, ancient measure of length, approx. 500 m / neighborhood / ancient administrative unit of 25 families / (Tw) borough, administrative unit between the township 镇 and neighborhood 邻 levels |