犊

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calf; sacrificial victim

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Ideographic compound (会意字)

To sacrifice 卖 a calf 牛

Components 牛卖

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Word	Pinyin	Meaning
初生之犊不怕虎	chū shēng zhī dú bù pà hǔ	see 初生牛犢不怕虎\|初生牛犊不怕虎[chu1 sheng1 niu2 du2 bu4 pa4 hu3]
王八犊子	wáng bā dú zi	see 王八蛋[wang2 ba1 dan4]
初生牛犊不怕虎	chū shēng niú dú bù pà hǔ	lit. newborn calves do not fear tigers (idiom); fig. the young are fearless
初生之犊不畏虎	chū shēng zhī dú bù wèi hǔ	see 初生牛犢不怕虎\|初生牛犊不怕虎[chu1 sheng1 niu2 du2 bu4 pa4 hu3]
护犊子	hù dú zi	(of a woman) to be fiercely protective of one's children
带牛佩犊	dài niú pèi dú	to abandon armed struggle and return to raising cattle (idiom)
完犊子	wán dú zi	(coll.) to be done for
犊子	dú zi	calf
滚犊子	gǔn dú zi	(dialect) Beat it!; Scram!; Fuck off!
扯犊子	chě dú zi	(dialect) to talk nonsense; to chat idly
牛犊	niú dú	calf
舐犊之爱	shì dú zhī ài	the love of a cow licking her calf (idiom); parental love
老牛舐犊	lǎo niú shì dú	lit. an old ox licking its calf (idiom); fig. (of parents) to dote on one's children
舐犊情深	shì dú qíng shēn	lit. the cow licking its calf fondly (idiom); fig. to show deep affection towards one's ch…
抱犊崮	Bào dú gù	Mt Baodugu in Lanling County 蘭陵縣\|兰陵县[Lan2 ling2 Xian4] in Linyi 臨沂\|临沂[Lin2 yi2], south Sha…