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diāo
sable, mink, marten
🔤 Pictophonetic: 豸 (beast) provides meaning, 召 provides pronunciation
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Words Using 貂 (11)

雪貂
xuědiāo
ferret
貂皮
diāopí
mink fur
diāo
sable or marten (genus Martes)
紫貂
zǐdiāo
sable (Martes zibellina)
貂蝉
DiāoChán
Diaochan (-192), one of the Four legendary beauties [[四大美女<sìdàměinǚ>]], in fiction a famous beauty at the break-up of Han dynasty, given as concubine to usurping warlord Dong Zhuo [[董卓<DǒngZhuó>]] to ensure his overthrow by fighting hero Lü Bu [[呂布|吕布<LǚBù>]]
貂裘换酒
diāoqiúhuànjiǔ
lit. to trade a fur coat for wine (idiom) / fig. (of wealthy people) to lead a dissolute and extravagant life
三貂角
Sāndiāojiǎo
Cape San Diego or Santiao, easternmost point of Taiwan Island
黑貂
hēidiāo
sable (Martes zibellina)
水貂
shuǐdiāo
mink (Mustela lutreola, M. vison)
狗尾续貂
gǒuwěixùdiāo
lit. to use a dog's tail as a substitute for sable fur (idiom) / fig. a worthless sequel to a masterpiece
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