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Meaning of 貂

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貂
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: 豸
Pictophonetic:召 indicates the sound; 豸 (beast) conveys the meaning.
Character Formation:
  • ⿰ Left to right
    • 豸 [ zhì ] badger; legendary beast
    • 召 [ zhào ] imperial decree; to summon, to call, to beckon
Similar Characters: 貃
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Example Words
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)
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Example Sentences
1
看那貂
,
是只披着过冬皮毛的白鼬
。
Consider the ermine: a stoat in winter fur.
2
重新接线的雪貂用它的眼睛来听声音吗
?
Does the rewired ferret come to hear with its eyes?
3
不是的
,
现在雪貂用其听觉的大脑来看东西
。
No, it comes to see with its auditory brain.
4
相反的
,
貂也能自由过上数年
,
或许千年的太平生活
。
The mink, by contrast, will remain at large for years, perhaps millennia.
5
德国官员今天在第二种哺乳动物物种
–
岩貂身上确认了
H5N1型
病毒感染
。
Officials in Germany have today confirmed H5N1 infection in a second mammalian species, the stone marten.