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熊

xióng

Definition

bear
to scold
to rebuke
brilliant light
to shine brightly

Character Decomposition

Related words (33)

worthless person; good-for-nothing

bear market (i.e. period of falling share prices)

bear paw (as food)

raging; flaming

binturong (Arctictis binturong)

panda

fierce fighters; valiant warriors

bear gall (used in TCM)

bumblebee

(dialect) little devil; brat

xióng māo yǎn

to have dark circles under one's eyes; to have eyes like a panda

xióng pí mào

bearskin hat

bear; bruin

xióng yāo hǔ bèi

waist of a bear and back of a tiger; tough and stocky build

brown bear

raccoon (Procyon lotor)

grizzly bear

black bear; coward

polar bear; white bear

wombat (native Australian mammal)

wolverine (Gulo gulo)

brown bear

běi jí xióng

polar bear

dà xióng māo

giant panda (Ailuropoda melanoleuca)

xiǎo xióng māo

lesser panda; red panda; firefox

wú wěi xióng

koala

shù dài xióng

koala

tài dí xióng

teddy bear (loanword)

hóng xióng māo

lesser Panda; red panda; firefox

hǔ bèi xióng yāo

back of a tiger and waist of a bear; tough and stocky build

yú yǔ xióng zhǎng

(lit.) the fish and the bear's paw, you can't have both at the same time (idiom, from Mencius); fig. you must choose one or the other; you can't always get everything you want; you can't have your cake and eat it

鱼与熊掌不可兼得

yú yǔ xióng zhǎng bù kě jiān dé

(lit.) the fish and the bear's paw, you can't have both at the same time (idiom, from Mencius); fig. you must choose one or the other; you can't always get everything you want; you can't have your cake and eat it

Idioms (1)

吃熊心豹子胆

chī xióng xīn bào zi dǎn

to eat bear heart and leopard gall (idiom); to pluck up some courage

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