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calf; sacrificial lamb

💡 Ideographic: To sacrifice 卖 a calf 牛
HSK 12 strokes Uncommon (39%)

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Component Tree i

niú
ox, cow, bull
📷 Pictographic: An ox's horned head
4 strokes HSK 2
mài
to sell; to betray; to show off
🔤 Pictophonetic: 买 (buy) provides meaning, 买 provides pronunciation
8 strokes HSK 2

Words Using 犊 (14)

calf / sacrificial victim
dàiniúpèidú
带牛佩犊
to abandon armed struggle and return to raising cattle (idiom)
niúdú
牛犊
calf
dúzi
犊子
calf
lǎoniúshìdú
老牛舐犊
lit. an old ox licking its calf (idiom) / fig. (of parents) to dote on one's children
hùdúzi
护犊子
(of a woman) to be fiercely protective of one's children
chūshēngzhīdúbùpàhǔ
初生之犊不怕虎
see [[初生之犢不畏虎|初生之犊不畏虎<chūshēngzhīdúbùwèihǔ>]]
chūshēngzhīdúbùwèihǔ
初生之犊不畏虎
lit. a new-born calf has no fear of the tiger (idiom) / fig. the fearlessness of youth
chědúzi
扯犊子
(dialect) to talk nonsense / to chat idly
Bàodúgù
抱犊崮
Mt Baodu in Cangshan county [[蒼山縣|苍山县<Cāngshānxiàn>]], Linyi [[臨沂|临沂<Línyí>]], south Shandong
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