牛肉干

Traditional form:

牛肉乾

Pinyin (reading):

niúròugān

Definitions:

• dried beef
• jerky
• charqui

Characters:

• 牛 - ox, cow, bull
• 肉 - meat; flesh
• 干 - arid, dry; to oppose; to offend; to invade

Traditional characters:

• 牛 - ox, cow, bull
• 肉 - meat; flesh
• 乾 - arid, dry; to fertilize; to penetrate; heavenly generative principle (male)