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犊

dú

Character Traditional 犢

What 犊 means

1. calf
2. sacrificial victim

Example sentences

• 初生之犊不畏虎。
  Chūshēngzhīdúbùwèihǔ.
  The sacrificed newborn doesn't fear the tiger.

Words starting with 犊

• 犊子dú zicalf

Words containing 犊

• 牛犊niú dúcalf
• 扯犊子chě dú zi(dialect) to talk nonsense; to chat idly
• 滚犊子gǔn dú zi(dialect) Beat it!; Scram!; Fuck off!
• 护犊子hù dú zi(of a woman) to be fiercely protective of one's children
• 带牛佩犊dài niú pèi dúto abandon armed struggle and return to raising cattle (idiom)
• 老牛舐犊lǎo niú shì dúlit. an old ox licking its calf (idiom); fig. (of parents) to dote on one's children
• 舐犊之爱shì dú zhī àithe love of a cow licking her calf (idiom); parental love
• 舐犊情深shì dú qíng shēnlit. the cow licking its calf fondly (idiom); fig. to show deep affection towards one's…
• 抱犊崮Bào dú gùMt Baodugu in Lanling County 兰陵县
• 初生牛犊不怕虎chū shēng niú dú bù pà hǔlit. newborn calves do not fear tigers (idiom); fig. the young are fearless
• 王八犊子wáng bā dú zisee 王八蛋
• 初生之犊不怕虎chū shēng zhī dú bù pà hǔsee 初生牛犊不怕虎
• 初生之犊不畏虎chū shēng zhī dú bù wèi hǔsee 初生牛犊不怕虎

Characters built on 卖

These share the phonetic component 卖 (mài), which is why their readings rhyme. Learning them as a family is far cheaper than learning them one at a time.

• 续xùto continue; to replenish
• 读dúto read out; to read aloud; to read; to attend (school); to study (a subject in school)
• 赎shúto redeem; to ransom
• 渎dúdisrespectful; (literary) ditch
• 牍dúdocuments
• 黩dúblacken; constantly; to insult
• 椟dúcabinet; case; casket

Characters that look like 犊

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 锁suǒto lock; to lock up; a lock
• 睛jīngeye; eyeball
• 锈xiùto rust
• 傲àoproud; arrogant; to despise
• 椎zhuī(bound form) vertebra
• 惬qiè(literary) satisfied; content

Sounds the same

Read dú, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 读to read out; to read aloud; to read; to attend (school); to study (a subject in school)
• 独alone; independent; single
• 毒poison; to poison; poisonous
• 渎disrespectful; (literary) ditch
• 牍documents
• 髑used in 髑髅
• 黩blacken; constantly; to insult
• 椟cabinet; case; casket
• 㱩abortion; stillborn
• 𮙋to murmur; to slander
• 贕still-born chick (in unhatched egg); variant of 㱩
• 韣bow case