To sacrifice 賣 a calf 牛
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Historical Evolution
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Bronze
Late Warring States (~250 BC)
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Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
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Shuowen (~100 AD)
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Clerical
Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
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Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
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Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
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Jin dynasty (266-420 AD)
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Regular
Modern
Chinese
犊 / 犢 [dú]
calf; sacrificial victim
Japanese
noun
- calf
- small cow
Example Sentences
CHINESE WORDS (14)
牛犊 [niúdú] #31,900
calf
犊子 [dúzi] #40,022
calf
初生牛犊不怕虎 [chūshēngniúdúbùpàhǔ] #45,433
lit. newborn calves do not fear tigers (idiom)
护犊子 [hùdúzi] #60,744
(of a woman) to be fiercely protective of one's children
舐犊情深 [shìdúqíngshēn] #65,685
lit. the cow licking its calf fondly (idiom)
初生之犊不畏虎 [chūshēngzhīdúbùwèihǔ] #67,444
lit. a new-born calf has no fear of the tiger (idiom)
初生之犊不怕虎 [chūshēngzhīdúbùpàhǔ] #68,822
see 初生之犢不畏虎|初生之犊不畏虎[chūshēngzhīdúbùwèihǔ]
带牛佩犊 [dàiniúpèidú] #75,940
to abandon armed struggle and return to raising cattle (idiom)
扯犊子 [chědúzi]
(dialect) to talk nonsense
抱犊崮 [Bàodúgù]
Mt Baodu in Cangshan county 蒼山縣|苍山县[Cāngshānxiàn], Linyi 臨沂|临沂[Línyí], south Shandong
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JAPANESE WORDS (2)