Memory phrase (Mnemonic) for: 虎
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虎 |
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Meaning |
tiger |
Pronunciation |
hǔ |
Explanation |
Top: tiger 虍 (pictograph: jumping tiger with protruding teeth), below: hind legs 儿 |
Mnemonic
| Only a tiger on hind legs is a real tiger. |
Radicals
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虍
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tiger | |
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儿
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legs | (Simplified from 兒 with the meaning 'son'. In the explanations used as 'two legs'.) |
Tip: Go to the radicals that are contained in this character and learn all the characters with this radical systematically!
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Vocabulary
| 老虎 |
lǎo hǔ |
tiger | | 虎口 |
hǔ kǒu |
tiger's den; dangerous place; the web between the thumb and forefinger of a hand | | 纸老虎 |
zhǐ lǎo hǔ |
paper tiger | | 虎踞龙蟠 |
hǔ jù lóng pán |
lit. where tigers crouch and dragons coil (idiom); fig. forbidding terrain | | 初生之犊不怕虎 |
chū shēng zhī dú bù pà hǔ |
A new-born calf has no fear of the tiger (idiom). The fearlessness of youth. | | 蝎虎座 |
xiē hǔ zuò |
Lacerta (constellation) | | 虎视眈眈 |
hǔ shì dān dān |
to glare like a tiger watching his prey (idiom); to eye covetously |
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