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犊

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Definitions

  1. 1. calf
  2. 2. sacrificial victim

Words Containing 犊

初生之犊不怕虎
chū shēng zhī dú bù pà hǔ

see 初生之犢不畏虎|初生之犊不畏虎[chū shēng zhī dú bù wèi hǔ]

初生之犊不畏虎
chū shēng zhī dú bù wèi hǔ

lit. a new-born calf has no fear of the tiger (idiom)

初生牛犊不怕虎
chū shēng niú dú bù pà hǔ

lit. newborn calves do not fear tigers (idiom)

带牛佩犊
dài niú pèi dú

to abandon armed struggle and return to raising cattle (idiom)

扯犊子
chě dú zi

(dialect) to talk nonsense

抱犊崮
bào dú gù

Mt Baodugu in Lanling County 蘭陵縣|兰陵县[lán líng xiàn] in Linyi 臨沂|临沂[lín yí], south Shandong

滚犊子
gǔn dú zi

(dialect) Beat it!

牛犊
niú dú

calf

犊子
dú zi

calf

王八犊子
wáng bā dú zi

see 王八羔子[wáng bā gāo zi]

老牛舐犊
lǎo niú shì dú

fig. (of parents) to dote on one's children

舐犊之爱
shì dú zhī ài

the love of a cow licking her calf (idiom)

舐犊情深
shì dú qíng shēn

lit. the cow licking its calf fondly (idiom)

护犊子
hù dú zi

(of a woman) to be fiercely protective of one's children

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