貂皮 | diāo pí | mink fur | |
紫貂 | zǐ diāo | sable (Martes zibellina) | |
黑貂 | hēi diāo | sable (Martes zibellina) | |
狗尾续貂 | gǒu wěi xù diāo | lit. to use a dog's tail as a substitute for sable fur (idiom); fig. a worthless sequel to a masterpiece | |
水貂 | shuǐ diāo | mink (Mustela lutreola, M. vison) |
1 | Consider the ermine: a stoat in winter fur. | |
2 | Does the rewired ferret come to hear with its eyes? | |
3 | No, it comes to see with its auditory brain. | |
4 | The mink, by contrast, will remain at large for years, perhaps millennia. | |
5 | Officials in Germany have today confirmed H5N1 infection in a second mammalian species, the stone marten. |