wǒmen shuàn yángròu.

Let's swish-cook the lamb.

Breakdown of wǒmen shuàn yángròu.

• 我们wǒmen: we
• 羊肉yángròu: lamb
• 涮shuàn: to swish-cook

Questions & Answers about wǒmen shuàn yángròu.

What does 涮 mean in this sentence?

In this sentence, 涮 means to swish thin slices of food briefly in boiling broth, usually in a hot pot.

So 涮羊肉 is not just cook lamb in a general sense. It specifically refers to the hot-pot style of cooking lamb by dipping or swishing it in the soup.

This verb is very common in food contexts, especially with 火锅.

Why is the sentence order 我们 涮 羊肉?

This is the normal Chinese Subject–Verb–Object order:

• 我们 = subject, we
• 涮 = verb
• 羊肉 = object, lamb / mutton

So the structure is directly parallel to English:

• We eat lamb
• We cook lamb
• We swish lamb in hot pot

Chinese often keeps this straightforward word order in simple sentences.

Why is there no word for the, a, or some before 羊肉?