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野兽

yěshòu

wild beast

A deer drinks at a stream deep in a wild forest
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Characters in this word

野 yě

Strokes
11
Radical
里 — inside
Made of
里 inside 予 to give
How it's built
Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound

兽 shòu

Strokes
11
Radical
丷 — horns
How it's built
Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
More about the character 兽

Example phrases

  • 纪录片没有把野兽浪漫化,而是呈现它们在饥饿和竞争中的真实状态。 Jìlùpiàn méiyǒu bǎ yěshòu làngmànhuà, ér shì chéngxiàn tāmen zài jī'è hé jìngzhēng zhōng de zhēnshí zhuàngtài. The documentary did not romanticise wild beasts, but presented their real condition amid hunger and competition.
  • 深夜的森林里,野兽的眼睛在月光下闪闪发光。 Shēnyè de sēnlín lǐ, yěshòu de yǎnjīng zài yuèguāng xià shǎnshǎn fāguāng. In the forest at midnight, the wild beast's eyes glitter in the moonlight.
  • 老猎人说,受伤的野兽比平时更加危险。 Lǎo lièrén shuō, shòushāng de yěshòu bǐ píngshí gèngjiā wēixiǎn. The old hunter said that a wounded wild beast is more dangerous than usual.

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