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牛鬼蛇神 (of things) supernatural, (of a person's appearance) ugly, (now) bad elements;
牛頭不對馬嘴 (of speech or action) incongruous;
水牛 water buffalo;
黃牛 common yellow cow or ox, also illegal agent for tickets or crossing forbidden territory;
乳牛 milk cow;
母牛 cow.
(2) (Astron.) Sagittarius, one of the twenty-eight Chinese zodiac constellations.
(3) A surname.
2.牛扁 [niu2bian3], n., (bot.) Aconitum lycoctonum.
3.牛鼻子 [niu2bi2zi0], n., (牛鼻子老道) (derog.) formerly old Taoist.
4.牛脖子 [niu2bo2zi0], n., person obstinate like cattle.
5.牛車 [niu2che1], n., ox cart.
6.牛氣 [niu2qi0], adj., arrogant.
7.牛刀 [niu2dao1], n., butcher’s knife: 割雞焉用牛刀 (lit.) why use a butcher's chopper to kill a chicken? －making unnecessarily great efforts to do trivial things; wasting of talent on trivials; 牛刀小試 (fig.) (of person of great potentials) give a little inkling of what one is capable of.
8.牛痘 [niu2dou4], n., vaccine against smallpox.
9.牛頓 [niu2dun4], n., Sir Isaac Newton.
10.牛犢子 [niu2du2zi0], n., a calf.
11.牛耳 [niu2er3], n., the ears of an ox or cow: 執牛耳 (AC) to “hold the cow's ear” before slaughter for blood sacrifice－an honor reserved for leader during conference of states－hence to be acknowledged leader.
12.牛黃 [niu2huang2]l, n., (Chin. med.) bile juice from the body of a diseased ox, congealed, and used for the cure of infant cramps.
13.牛角 [niu2jiao3], n., ox horn.
14.牛勁 [niu2jin4], n., as in (1) 一身牛勁 as strong as an ox; (2) 犯了牛勁 obstinate like an ox.
15.牛津 [niu2jin1], n., Oxford.
16.牛酒 [niu2jiu3], n., (lit.) beef and wine; (fig.) gifts for soldiers at the front.
17.牛郎 [niu2lang2], (1) n., a cowboy; (2) n., one of the Chinese zodiac constellations: 牛郎織女 the Cowboy and the Spinning Maid, two constellations, the separated lovers in Chinese mythology.
18.牛酪 [niu2luo4], n., cheese, yogurt.
19.牛馬 [niu2ma3], (1) n., cattle and horses; (2) v.i., slave for others: 莫為兒孫作牛馬 do not slave for your children.
20.牛毛 [niu2mao2], n., (1) , ox hair; (2) innumerable: 多如牛毛 innumerable as ox hair; 牛毛細雨 fine drizzling rain.
21.牛
[niu2mang2], n., (zoo.) horsefly, gadfly (also wr. 虻). 22.牛奶 [niu2nai3], n., cow's milk; 牛奶糖 butter candy, toffee.
23.牛排 [niu2pai2]1, n., beefsteak.
24.牛（兒）牌 [niu2]([er0])[pai2]2, n., set of playing cards made of cattle bone (also called 骨牌).
25.牛扒 [niu2pa2], n., beefsteak.
26.牛皮 [niu2pi2], (1) n., ox hide, leather: 牛皮靴 leather boots; 牛皮帶 leather belt; (2) gross exaggeration: 牛皮大王 person given to gross exaggerations: 吹牛皮 to brag; n., 牛皮紙 brown packing paper; 牛皮糖 a kind of chewing candy, also one who persists in forcing his attentions on others.
27.牛肉 [niu2rou4], n., beef.
28.牛乳 [niu2ru3], n., cow's milk, see [niu2nai3]↑.
29.牛膝 [niu2xi0], n., (bot.) hyssop.
30.牛性 [niu2xing4], n., obstinacy.
31.牛溲 [niu2sou1], n., in 牛溲馬勃 two lowly plants－worthless trifles.
32.牛子眼（兒） [niu2zi0yan3] ([niu2zi0ya3er0]), n., a tumor-like growth on the eyeball obstructing eyesight.
33.牛瘟 [niu2wen1], n., rinderpest.
34.牛衣 [niu2yi1], n., cattle blanket.
35.牛疫 [niu2yi4], n., cattle plague.
36.牛飲 [niu2yin3], n., unrestrained drinking bout (lit., “drinking like a cow”).
37.牛蠅 [niu2ying2], n., (zoo) gadfly.
38.牛油 [niu2you2], n., butter.