"Animal" • Chinese-English Dictionary

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 dòng wù héng tǐng Animal
线 dòng wù jiě fàng zhèn xiàn Animal
 dòng wù animal / CL:隻|只[zhi1],群[qun2],個|个[ge4]
 zǒu shòu (four-footed) animal / beast
 shòu beast / animal / beastly / bestial
 biàn wēn dòng wù poikilothermal (cold-blooded) animal
 jiā huo household dish, implement or furniture / domestic animal / (coll.) guy / chap / weapon
 yě shòu beast / wild animal
 yǎng shēng to maintain good health / to raise a child or animal / curing (of concrete etc)
 shēng xiào one of the twelve animals symbolic of the earthly branches 地支[di4 zhi1] / animal from the Chinese zodiac
 guài shòu rare animal / mythical animal / monster
 cán jí disabled / handicapped / deformity on a person or animal
 yě shēng dòng wù wild animal
 qiān tóu to lead (an animal by the head) / to take the lead / to coordinate (a combined operation) / to mediate / a go-between (e.g. marriage broker)
 xù mù yè animal husbandry / stock raising / livestock raising
 chù sheng domestic animal / brute / bastard
 cuī qíng to promote estrus / to bring an animal to heat by artificial means
 shén shòu mythological animal
 wèi yǎng to feed (a child, domestic animal etc) / to keep / to raise (an animal)
 wán ǒu toy figurine / action figure / stuffed animal / doll / (fig.) sb's plaything
 měng shòu ferocious beast / fierce animal
 mù yè livestock husbandry / animal product industry
 tāo tiè ferocious mythological animal, the fifth son of the dragon king / zoomorphic mask motif, found on Shang and Zhou ritual bronzes / gluttonous / sumptuous (banquet)
 jiā chù domestic animal / livestock / cattle
 jù shòu giant creature / huge animal
 zǎi shā to slaughter (an animal for meat) / to butcher
 xù chǎn pǐn domesticated animal products
 bǔ shā to hunt and kill (an animal or fish)
 dòu nòng to tease / to provoke / to play with (a child, animal etc)
 rèn yǎng to sponsor / to adopt (pledge to give sb or sth one's special attention or support) / to adopt (choose to raise a child or animal as one's own)
 bì xié to ward off evil spirits / mythical lion-like animal that wards off evil (also called 貔貅[pi2 xiu1])
 shòu pí animal skin / hide
 sī yǎo to tear at (with the teeth, like one animal attacking another)
 bǎi shòu all creatures / every kind of animal
 lěng xuè dòng wù cold-blooded animal / fig. cold-hearted person
 pí xiū mythical animal that brings luck and wards off evil, having head of a dragon and lion's body, often with hoofs, wings and tail / also written 辟邪 / fig. valiant soldier
 luó mǎ pack animal / horse and mule
 jiào chūn to caterwaul / to call like an animal in heat
 jiǎ gǔ tortoise shell and animal bones used in divination / oracle bone inscriptions (an early form of Chinese script)
 láo yì forced labor / corvée (labor required of a serf) / animal labor
 dòng wù jiè animal kingdom
 zhǒng chù breeding stock (of animal species) / stud
 yī guān qín shòu lit. dressed up animal (idiom) / fig. immoral and despicable person
 dòng wù yóu animal fat
 chù lì animal power / animal-drawn (plow etc)
 xiàn kēng pitfall / pit as animal trap
 gé animal hide / leather / to reform / to remove / to expel (from office)
 kùn shòu yóu dòu a cornered beast will still fight (idiom) / to fight like an animal at bay
 kǒu qì mouthparts (of animal or insect)
 bǔ cí oracle inscriptions of the Shang Dynasty (16th-11th century BC) on tortoiseshells or animal bones
 shí to eat / food / animal feed / eclipse
使 shǐ yì to use (an animal or servant) / working (animal) / (beast) of burden / causative form of verbs (esp. in grammar of Japanese, Korean etc)
 jiǎo foot / leg (of an animal or an object) / base (of an object) / CL:雙|双[shuang1],隻|只[zhi1] / classifier for kicks
 dòng wù xìng sì liào feed made of animal products
 chóng lower form of animal life, including insects, insect larvae, worms and similar creatures / CL:條|条[tiao2],隻|只[zhi1] / (fig.) person with a particular undesirable characteristic
 shēng domestic animal / sacrificial animal
 qiān to lead along / to pull (an animal on a tether) / (bound form) to involve / to draw in
 chù livestock / domesticated animal / domestic animal
 hǒu to roar / to howl / to shriek / roar or howl of an animal / bellow of rage
 biān whip or lash / to flog / to whip / conductor's baton / segmented iron weapon (old) / penis (of animal, served as food)
 zhǎo foot of a bird or animal / paw / claws / talons
 zhuǎ (coll.) foot of an animal or bird / (coll.) foot supporting a cooking pot etc
 mǔ (of a bird, animal or plant) male / key / hills
 fáng animal fat
 jiàn banister / balustrade / cage for animal or prisoner / to transport caged prisoner on a cart
 duò load carried by a pack animal
 jié to confiscate / legendary dog-like animal (old)
 zǎi child / young animal
 chái dog-like animal / ravenous beast / dhole (Cuon Alpinus) / jackal
 pìn (of a bird, animal or plant) female / keyhole / valley
 tuǎn village / animal track
 jìng a mythical animal that eats its mother
 kāo coccyx / tailbone at end of spine / rear joint of meat animal
 pí see 貔貅[pi2 xiu1], composite mythical animal (originally 貔 / was the male)
 hùn privy / animal pen / muddy / disordered / to disturb
 xiū see 貔貅[pi2 xiu1], composite mythical animal (originally 貅 / was the female)
 fán paws of animal
 sì animal cited in ancient texts, resembling a buffalo (some say rhinoceros or female rhinoceros)
 chá Badger-like wild animal
 qū flank of animal / side / to pry open / to steal
 sī amphibious animal with one horn
 chán (literary) animal tracks / the course of a celestial body / (of a celestial body) to follow its course
 nào biceps (in Chinese medicine) / (arch.) forelimbs of livestock animal
 cuì crisp / brittle / fine animal hair
 yōu female deer / doe / female animal
 zì rotten meat / bones of dead animal
 dī děng dòng wù lower animal / primitive life-form
 yòu tǐ the young (unborn or newborn) of an animal / larva
 Aò wēi ěr Orwell (name) / George Orwell (1903-1950), British novelist, author of Animal Farm 動物農場|动物农场 / and 1984 一九八四年
 zhì worm-like invertebrate / mythical animal (see 獬豸[xie4 zhi4]) / radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 153)
 mù xù raising livestock / animal husbandry
 chù féi animal manure
 chù lèi domestic animal
 gēng chù draft animal
 hǒu roar or howl of an animal / bellow of rage
 lán quān pen / animal yard
 méi meat on the back of an animal
 shòu xué animal den
 tè male animal
 zǐ chù newborn animal
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