Dictionary › 豺
豺
chái
What 豺 means
- dog-like animal
- ravenous beast
- dhole (Cuon Alpinus)
- jackal
Example sentences
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法网就像蜘蛛网，网得住苍蝇蚊子，网不住豺狼老虎。Fǎwǎng jiù xiàng zhīzhūwǎng, wǎng de zhù cāngying wénzi, wǎng bù zhù cháiláng lǎohǔ.Laws are like cobwebs, which may catch small flies, but let wasps and hornets break through.
Words starting with 豺
- 豺狼chái lángjackal and wolf; ravenous wolf; fig. evil person
- 豺狼座Chái láng zuòLupus (constellation)
- 豺狼当涂chái láng dāng túravenous wolves hold the road (idiom); wicked people in power…
- 豺狼当道chái láng dāng dào(idiom) wicked people hold power; a vicious tyranny rules the land
- 豺狼虎豹chái láng hǔ bào(lit.) jackals, wolves, tigers and panthers (idiom); (fig.) nasty, cruel people
- 豺狼当路chái láng dāng lùsee 豺狼当道
Words containing 豺
Characters built on 才
These share the phonetic component 才 (cái), which is why their readings rhyme. Learning them as a family is far cheaper than learning them one at a time.
Characters that look like 豺
Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.
- 脉màiarteries and veins; vein (on a leaf, insect wing etc)
- 趾zhǐtoe
- 脐qí(bound form) the navel; the umbilicus; (bound form) the belly flap of a crab; apron
- 赊shēto buy or sell on credit; distant; long (time)
- 敝bìmy (polite); poor; ruined
- 赅gāicomplete; full
Sounds the same
Read chái, tone for tone, but written differently.
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