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羊
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Definitions
- 1. sheep; goat
Example Sentences
1 shown羊 吃草。
Sentence data courtesy of Tatoeba.org.
Words Containing 羊
sheep
to kill the pigs and slaughter the sheep (idiom)
pulling a lamb and bringing wine on a carrying pole (idiom); fig. to offer elaborate congratulations
(dialect) towel (especially worn as a turban)
to take home sb else's stray sheep
scrapie (prion disease of sheep)
lit. to lead away a goat while passing by (idiom)
kea (Nestor notabilis)
lit. to mend the pen after sheep are lost (idiom)
lit. wool comes from the sheep's back (idiom); One gets the benefit, but the price has been paid.
Giethoorn (city in the Netherlands)
to seek out discount vouchers, cashback offers etc and use them in making purchases
Aries (star sign)
lamb
goat-man
cashmere
Year of the Ram (e.g. 2003)
lit. a lamb in a tiger's den (idiom)
sheep's head
argali (Ovis ammon)
scapegoat
see 掛羊頭賣狗肉|挂羊头卖狗肉[guà yáng tóu mài gǒu ròu]
goatee
winding road (twisting and turning like a sheep's intestine)
antelope
road as twisty as sheep's intestine (idiom); narrow and winding road
lamb chop
Yangcheng, a nickname for 廣州|广州[guǎng zhōu]
sheep or goat pen
shepherd
Year 8, year of the Ram (e.g. 2003)
lamb
shepherd
wether (castrated ram)
lanolin
to drive sheep
sheepdog
woolen blanket
minced mutton
Long yang village in Hainan Tibetan autonomous prefecture, Qinghai
cattle and sheep
hand-held mutton (mutton pieces on the bone, eaten with the fingers)
sheep
see 羊肚手巾[yáng dù shǒu jīn]
sheep's milk
ibex
lamb kebab
Mongolian gazelle
parchment
bellwether
scrapie (prion disease of sheep)
children's game, similar to knucklebones
sheep's fat
the Lamb of God
scrapie (prion disease of sheep)
wool sweater; cardigan
okra (Hibiscus esculentus)
lit. wool comes from the sheep's back (idiom); One gets the benefit, but the price has been paid.
sheep husbandry
Aries (constellation and sign of the zodiac)
sheepskin
Qingyang district of Chengdu city 成都市[chéng dū shì], Sichuan
see 掛羊頭賣狗肉|挂羊头卖狗肉[guà yáng tóu mài gǒu ròu]
national disaster (ancient astrological allusion)
Scotch collie
Przevalski's gazelle (Procapra przewalskii) of Central Asia
shepherd
faun, half-goat half-human creature of Greek mythology
scapegoat
Happy sheep (group of five cartoon sheep), mascot of 2010 Guangzhou Asian games 廣州亞運會|广州亚运会
Mr Gongyang's Annals or commentary on 春秋[chūn qiū], early history, probably written by multiple authors during Han dynasty, same as 公羊春秋[gōng yáng chūn qiū]
mutton
gazelle
amniotic fluid
Yamdrok Lake, Tibet
imitation parchment
fleece
slaughter the cattle and butcher the sheep
Mr Gongyang's Annals or commentary on 春秋[chūn qiū], early history, probably written during Han dynasty, same as 公羊傳|公羊传[gōng yáng zhuàn]
croissant
see 羊肚手巾[yáng dù shǒu jīn]
amniocentesis
knitting wool
scapegoat
bharal
ibex
to tend a flock of sheep
Ak Koyunlu or Aq Qoyunlu Turkoman confederation of eastern Iran (c. 1378-c. 1500)
lit. to hang a sheep's head while selling dog meat (idiom)
amniocentesis
Mongolian hot pot
sheep-fat white jade, a type of jade
epilepsy
alpaca
merino (breed of sheep)
Aries (constellation and sign of the zodiac)
Yamdrok Lake, Tibet
Epimedium, genus of herbaceous flowering plant, cultivated in the Far East as aphrodisiac
croissant
Qingyang district of Chengdu city 成都市[chéng dū shì], Sichuan
lit. billy goat's horns caught in the fence (idiom from Book of Changes 易經|易经); impossible to advance or to retreat
flock of sheep
llama
Tibetan long horned antelope
lit. billy goat's horns caught in the fence (idiom from Book of Changes 易經|易经); impossible to advance or to retreat
epilepsy
(fig.) attractive and easy mark
(anatomy) amnion
bellwether
epilepsy
to raise sheep
Tibetan antelope or Chiru (Pantholops hodgsonii)
lit. the heart of a sheep in the skin of a tiger (idiom)
ground-elder (Aegopodium podagraria)
to fuss around
Longyangxia canyon on the upper reaches of the Yellow River, Gonghe county 共和縣|共和县[gòng hé xiàn] in Hainan Tibetan autonomous prefecture, Qinghai
ram (male sheep)
goat