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走兽

zǒu shòu

2-character word Traditional 走獸

What 走兽 means

1. (four-footed) animal
2. beast

The characters in 走兽

• 走zǒuto walk; to go; to run
• 兽shòubeast; animal; beastly

Example sentences

• 君子对于飞禽走兽，见到它们活着，便不忍心见到它们死；听到它们哀叫，便不忍心吃它们的肉。
  Jūnzǐ duìyú fēiqínzǒushòu, jiàndào tāmen huózhe, biàn bù rěnxīn jiàndào tāmen sǐ; tīngdào tāmen āi jiào, biàn bù rěnxīn chī tāmen de ròu.
  The superior man is affected towards animals: having seen them alive, he cannot bear to see them die; having heard their cries, he cannot bear to eat their flesh.
• 我命令希葛拉紧贴着婴孩卧下，以自己的乳汁哺育他，平息他的饥渴。我又令她将话语传遍整片森林，告诉所有爬虫与走兽：此子不可伤害。
  I commanded Shiegra to lie close to the babe, and to give it her milk to quiet its hunger. And I told her to send word throughout the forest, to all beasts and reptiles, that the child should not be harmed.

Words containing 走兽

• 飞禽走兽fēi qín zǒu shòu(idiom) birds and animals