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牛	niú	ox / cow / bull / CL:条,头 / newton (abbr. for 牛顿) / (slang) awesome
牛奶	niú nǎi	cow's milk / CL:瓶,杯
奶牛	nǎi niú	milk cow / dairy cow
对牛弹琴	duì niú tán qín	lit. to play the lute to a cow (idiom) / fig. offering a treat to an unappreciative audience / to cast pearls before swine / caviar to the general / to preach to deaf ears / to talk over sb's head
奉若神明	fèng ruò shén míng	to honor sb as a God (idiom); to revere / to worship / to deify / to make a holy cow of sth / to put sb on a pedestal
舐犊情深	shì dú qíng shēn	lit. the cow licking its calf fondly (idiom) / fig. to show deep affection towards one's children
人鱼	rén yú	mermaid / dugong / sea cow / manatee / giant salamander
肥肉	féi ròu	fat (e.g. pork fat) / fatty meat / (fig.) a gold mine / cash cow
威吓	wēi hè	to threaten / to intimidate / to cow
六畜	liù chù	six domestic animals, namely: pig, cow, sheep, horse, chicken and dog
三牲	sān shēng	the three sacrificial animals (originally cow, sheep and pig; later pig, chicken and fish)
狂牛病	kuáng niú bìng	mad cow disease / bovine spongiform encephalopathy, BSE
牛角	niú jiǎo	cow horn
偶蹄类	ǒu tí lèi	Artiodactyla (even-toed ungulates, such as pigs, cows, giraffes etc)
疯牛病	fēng niú bìng	mad cow disease (bovine spongiform encephalopathy)
牸牛	zì niú	cow
牛只	niú zhī	cow / cattle
呼牛作马	hū niú zuò mǎ	to call sth a cow or a horse (idiom); it doesn't matter what you call it / Insult me if you want, I don't care what you call me.
牛角挂书	niú jiǎo guà shū	lit. to hang one's books on cow horns (idiom) / fig. to be diligent in one's studies
舐犊之爱	shì dú zhī ài	the love of a cow licking her calf (idiom) / parental love