1839: Ròu in Chinese Culture Dec 28, 2019

In English, the existence of 'pork' reveals a bit about history and culture, and in its own way the same is true for the Chinese 肉 (ròu) meaning 'meat' or 'flesh'. In China, the most popular meat, by far, is pork, so much so that it is generally taken that when not specified 肉 simply means 'pork'. Other elements are necessary to express other words 牛肉 (niú ròu) is 'beef' and 桃肉 (Táo ròu) is something like 'peach pulp'.

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