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Pinyin: diāo
English Definition: sable or marten (genus Martes)
Chinese Definition:
①哺乳动物的一属。种类很多,毛皮黄黑色或带紫色,是很珍贵的衣料,我国东北特产之一。
Total strokes: 12; Radical:
Pictophonetic: indicates the sound; (beast) conveys the meaning.
Character Formation:
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    • [ zhì ] badger; legendary beast
    • [ zhào ] imperial decree; to summon, to call, to beckon
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Example Words
貂皮 diāo mink fur
紫貂 diāo sable (Martes zibellina)
黑貂 hēi diāo sable (Martes zibellina)
狗尾续貂 gǒu wěi 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)
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Example Sentences
1
Consider the ermine: a stoat in winter fur.
2
线
Does the rewired ferret come to hear with its eyes?
3
西
No, it comes to see with its auditory brain.
4
The mink, by contrast, will remain at large for years, perhaps millennia.
5
H5N1
Officials in Germany have today confirmed H5N1 infection in a second mammalian species, the stone marten.