兽 - shòu - Chinese character definition, English meaning and stroke order

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19 strokes
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獸 (兽)

shòu

Definition

beast
animal
beastly
bestial

Character Decomposition

Related words (44)

獸醫

shòu yī

veterinarian; veterinary surgeon; vet

bestiality

brutal

animal training; skill with animals; shoushu - "Animal skill" or "Beast-fist" - Martial Art (esp. fictional)

beastly desire

animal skin; hide

animal den

animals

veterinary medicine

brutal act; bestiality

獸力車

shòu lì chē

animal-drawn vehicle; carriage

veterinary science

veterinary pathology

suborder Theropoda (beast-footed dinosaur group) within order Saurischia containing carnivorous dinosaurs

獸腳類恐龍

shòu jiǎo lèi kǒng lóng

theropod (beast-footed dinosaur group); suborder Theropoda within order Saurischia containing carnivorous dinosaurs

害獸

hài shòu

vermin; harmful animal

巨獸

jù shòu

giant creature; huge animal

cub

rare animal; mythical animal; monster

猛獸

měng shòu

ferocious beast; fierce animal

瑞獸

ruì shòu

auspicious animal (such as the dragon)

百獸

bǎi shòu

all creatures; every kind of animal

mythological animal

birds and animals; creature; beast (brutal person)

走獸

zǒu shòu

(four-footed) animal; beast

beast; wild animal

male animal

beast of burden

birds and beasts; fauna

unicorn

liger, hybrid cross between a male lion and a tigress

膃肭獸

wà nà shòu

fur seal; Callorhinus ursinus Linnaeus

虎獅獸

hǔ shī shòu

tigon or tiglon, hybrid cross between a male tiger and a lioness

訓獸術

xùn shòu shù

animal training; taming wild beast (e.g. lion-taming)

食蟻獸

shí yǐ shòu

ant-eater (several different species)

馭獸術

yù shòu shù

animal training; taming wild beast (e.g. lion-taming)

鳥獸散

niǎo shòu sàn

to scatter like birds and beasts

platypus

to give way to one's beastly lust

十大神獸

shí dà shén shòu

the Baidu 10 mythical creatures (a set of hoax animals and puns linked to PRC Internet censorship)

珍禽奇獸

zhēn qín qí shòu

rare animals and birds; protected species

禽獸不如

qín shòu bù rú

worse than a beast; to behave immorally

flora and fauna

birds and animals; the beasts of the field and the birds of the air

Idioms (6)

人面獸心

rén miàn shòu xīn

human face, beast's heart (idiom); two-faced; malicious and duplicitous

困獸猶鬥

kùn shòu yóu dòu

a cornered beast will still fight (idiom); to fight like an animal at bay

如鳥獸散

rú niǎo shòu sàn

to scatter like birds and beasts (idiom); to flee in all directions

洪水猛獸

hóng shuǐ měng shòu

(lit.) severe floods and fierce beasts (idiom); (fig.) great scourges; extremely dangerous or threatening things

率獸食人

shuài shòu shí rén

(lit.) to lead beasts to eat the people (idiom); fig. tyrannical government oppresses the people

衣冠禽獸

yī guān qín shòu

(lit.) dressed up animal (idiom); (fig.) immoral and despicable person

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