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"legs of animals" Chinese-English Dictionary

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Chinese Pinyin Translation
胑 zhī wings of birds / legs of animals
Chinese Pinyin Translation
双腿 雙腿 shuāng tuǐ legs / both legs / two legs
老虎凳 lǎo hǔ dèng tiger bench (torture method in which the victim sits with legs extended horizontally along a bench, upper legs held down with straps while bricks are inserted under the feet, forcing the knee joint to bend in reverse)
外八字腿 wài bā zì tuǐ bow legs / bandy legs
腿玩年 tuǐ wán nián (slang) stunning legs / sexy legs
养活 養活 yǎng huo to provide for / to keep (animals, a family etc) / to raise animals / to feed and clothe / support / the necessities of life / to give birth syn
站起 zhàn qǐ to get up on hind legs (esp. of horse) / to stand / to spring up syn
双脚 雙腳 shuāng jiǎo two legs / both feet
走动 走動 zǒu dòng to walk around / to move about / to stretch one's legs / to go for a walk / to be mobile (e.g. after an illness) / to visit one another / to socialize / to pay a visit (go to the toilet) syn
劈开 劈開 pī kāi to cleave / to split open / to spread open (fingers, legs) syn
鼎立 dǐng lì lit. to stand like the three legs of a tripod / tripartite confrontation or balance of forces syn
腿脚 腿腳 tuǐ jiǎo legs and feet / ability to walk / strides syn
灰溜溜 huī liū liū dull gray / gloomy / dejected / crestfallen / with one's tail between one's legs syn
马步 馬步 mǎ bù (martial arts) horse stance (with legs wide apart, as when riding a horse)
二郎腿 èr láng tuǐ one leg over the other (legs crossed)
伸开 伸開 shēn kāi to stretch out (one's arms or legs etc)
画蛇添足 畫蛇添足 huà shé tiān zú lit. draw legs on a snake (idiom) / fig. to ruin the effect by adding sth superfluous / to overdo it syn
后肢 後肢 hòu zhī hind legs syn
鼎足 dǐng zú lit. the three legs of a tripod / fig. three competing rivals
四体 四體 sì tǐ one's four limbs / two arms and two legs
五刑 wǔ xíng imperial five punishments of feudal China, up to Han times: tattooing characters on the forehead 墨[mo4], cutting off the nose 劓[yi4], amputation of one or both feet 刖[yue4], castration 宮|宫[gong1], execution 大辟[da4 pi4] / Han dynasty onwards: whipping 笞[chi1], beating the legs and buttocks with rough thorns 杖[zhang4], forced labor 徒[tu2], exile or banishment 流[liu2], capital punishment 死[si3]
爵 jué ancient bronze wine holder with 3 legs and loop handle / nobility syn
叉 chǎ to diverge / to open (as legs) syn
棒 bàng stick / club / cudgel / smart / capable / strong / wonderful / classifier for legs of a relay race syn
鼎 dǐng ancient cooking cauldron with two looped handles and three or four legs / pot (dialect) / to enter upon a period of (classical) / Kangxi radical 206 / one of the 64 hexagrams of the Book of Changes syn
鬲 lì ancient ceramic three-legged vessel used for cooking with cord markings on the outside and hollow legs
驈 yù black horse with white legs
四脚朝天 四腳朝天 sì jiǎo cháo tiān four legs facing the sky (idiom) / flat on one's back
胯下之辱 kuà xià zhī rǔ lit. the humiliation of having to crawl between the legs of one's adversary (as Han Xin 韓信|韩信[Han2 Xin4] supposedly did rather than engage in a sword fight) (idiom) / fig. (endure) utter humiliation
鬷 zōng kettle on legs
倍足类 倍足類 bèi zú lèi Diplopoda (arthropod class with a pair of legs on each segment, including centipedes and millipedes)
再衰三竭 zài shuāi sān jié weakening and close to exhaustion (idiom) / in terminal decline / on one's last legs syn
夹起尾巴 夾起尾巴 jiā qǐ wěi ba to tuck one's tail between one's legs / fig. to back down / in a humiliating situation
尥蹶子 liào juě zi (of mules, horses etc) to kick backward / to kick with the hind legs / fig. to flare up in anger / to display defiance syn
无功而返 無功而返 wú gōng ér fǎn to return without any achievement (idiom) / to go home with one's tail between one's legs
短打扮 duǎn dǎ ban clothing that exposes the arms and legs (e.g. shorts, sleeveless top) / to wear such clothing
蛇足 shé zú lit. legs on a snake / sth superfluous syn
走動 zǒu dòng to walk around / to move about / to stretch one's legs / to go for a walk / to be mobile (e.g. after an illness) / to visit one another / to pay a visit (go to the toilet)
跂坐 qì zuò to sit with legs dangling
阿鲁巴 阿魯巴 ā lǔ bā (Tw) (slang) a prank, prevalent in Chinese schools and known as "happy corner" in Hong Kong, in which several people carry a victim with his legs spread open, bringing his groin up against a pole or tree trunk
O型腿 O xíng tuǐ bow legs / bow-leggedness
夹尾巴 夾尾巴 jiā wěi ba to have one's tail between one's legs
柦 dàn a kind of wooden desk without legs
柴鸡 柴雞 chái jī a variety of free-range chicken, small with furless legs, laying smaller eggs
丝足 絲足 sī zú feet and legs in silk stockings (especially in the massage context)
管住嘴迈开腿 管住嘴邁開腿 guǎn zhù zuǐ mài kāi tuǐ lit. shut your mouth, move your legs (motto for losing weight)
筷子腿 kuài zi tuǐ (coll.) skinny legs
蹬腿 dēng tuǐ to kick one's legs / leg press (exercise) / (coll.) to kick the bucket syn
盉 hé vessel similar to a kettle, but with three or four legs, used in ancient times for warming wine
O型腿 O - xíng tuǐ bow legs / bow-leggedness
大长腿 大長腿 dà cháng tuǐ (coll.) (a person's) long legs
跪坐 guì zuò to sit kneeling with legs folded underneath the thighs and buttocks resting on the heels
去爪 qù zhuǎ to declaw (a cat etc) / (food preparation) to remove claws, pincer legs or similar hard tips
寒腿 hán tuǐ (coll.) arthritic condition affecting the legs, esp. one aggravated by cold or damp weather
高等 gāo děng high-level / higher (animals, education etc) / advanced (math etc) syn
养殖 養殖 yǎng zhí to raise / to breed (animals etc) syn
排放 pái fàng to arrange in order / to emit / to discharge (exhaust gas, waste water etc) / (of animals) to ovulate / to discharge semen syn
叫声 叫聲 jiào shēng yelling (sound made by person) / barking / braying / roaring (sound made by animals) syn
生肖 shēng xiào one of the twelve animals symbolic of the earthly branches 地支[di4 zhi1] / animal from the Chinese zodiac syn
满怀 滿懷 mǎn huái to have one's heart filled with / (to collide) full on / (of farm animals) heavy with young syn
畜牧 xù mù to raise animals syn
动情 動情 dòng qíng to get excited / passionate / aroused to passion / to fall in love / on heat (of animals) syn
多头 多頭 duō tóu many-headed / many-layered (authority) / devolved (as opposed to centralized) / pluralistic / (as classifier) number of animals / long term (finance) / long (investment) syn
禽兽 禽獸 qín shòu birds and animals / creature / beast (brutal person) syn
分娩 fēn miǎn to give birth to a baby / (of animals) to give birth to young syn
动植物 動植物 dòng zhí wù plants and animals / flora and fauna syn
灵性 靈性 líng xìng spiritual nature / spirituality / intelligence (esp. in animals) syn
水族 shuǐ zú collective term for aquatic animals syn
水草 shuǐ cǎo aquatic plants / water and grass (i.e. favorable foraging land for livestock or wild animals) / (Malaysia) (coll.) drinking straw
混血 hùn xuè (of animals) hybrid / (of people) mixed-blood / mixed-race
涵养 涵養 hán yǎng to cultivate (personal qualities) / (of forests etc) to support / to provide a suitable environment for the replenishment of (natural resources: groundwater, animals, plants etc) syn
交配 jiāo pèi mating / copulation (esp. of animals) syn
捕捞 捕撈 bǔ lāo to fish for (aquatic animals and plants) / to catch syn
牲口 shēng kou animals used for their physical strength (mules, oxen etc) / beast of burden syn
种群 種群 zhǒng qún population (of a species) / community (of animals or plants)
牢笼 牢籠 láo lóng cage / trap (e.g. basket, pit or snare for catching animals) / fig. bonds (of wrong ideas) / shackles (of past misconceptions) / to trap / to shackle syn
家养 家養 jiā yǎng domestic (animals) / home reared
野味 yě wèi game / wild animals and birds hunted for food or sport
哀鸣 哀鳴 āi míng (of animals, the wind etc) to make a mournful sound / whine / moan / wail syn
本命年 běn mìng nián year of one's birth sign, according to the cycle of 12 animals of the earthly branches 地支[di4 zhi1]
捕猎 捕獵 bǔ liè to catch (wild animals) / to hunt syn
属相 屬相 shǔ xiàng colloquial term for 生肖[sheng1 xiao4] the animals associated with the years of a 12-year cycle syn
只 隻 zhī classifier for birds and certain animals, one of a pair, some utensils, vessels etc syn
收容所 shōu róng suǒ temporary shelter / hospice / refuge (e.g. for animals) / detention center
兽类 獸類 shòu lèi animals syn
飞禽走兽 飛禽走獸 fēi qín zǒu shòu birds and animals / the beasts of the field and the birds of the air syn
口 kǒu mouth / classifier for things with mouths (people, domestic animals, cannons, wells etc) / classifier for bites or mouthfuls syn
产仔 產仔 chǎn zǐ to give birth (animals) / to bear a litter
六畜 liù chù six domestic animals, namely: pig, cow, sheep, horse, chicken and dog syn
四不像 sì bù xiàng common name for 麋鹿[mi2 lu4], Père David's deer (Elaphurus davidianus), which is said to resemble an amalgam of animals such as a cow, deer, donkey and horse / an odd mixture of disparate elements / hodgepodge / farrago
穴居 xué jū to live in a cave / (of animals) to be of burrowing habit
两栖动物 兩棲動物 liǎng qī dòng wù amphibian / amphibious animals
交尾 jiāo wěi to copulate (of animals) / to mate syn
母 mǔ mother / elderly female relative / origin / source / (of animals) female syn
属 屬 shǔ category / genus (taxonomy) / family members / dependents / to belong to / subordinate to / affiliated with / be born in the year of (one of the 12 animals) / to be / to prove to be / to constitute syn
养 養 yǎng to raise (animals) / to bring up (children) / to keep (pets) / to support / to give birth syn
鱼 魚 yú fish (CL:條|条[tiao2],尾[wei3]) / used in the names of various aquatic animals that are not fish (including abalone 鮑魚|鲍鱼[bao4yu2], alligators and crocodiles 鱷魚|鳄鱼[e4yu2] and octopi 章魚|章鱼[zhang1yu2]) syn
下崽 xià zǎi (of animals) to give birth / to foal, to whelp etc
饮 飲 yìn to give (animals) water to drink syn
仔 zǐ (bound form) (of domestic animals or fowl) young / (bound form) fine / detailed syn
The four tones The four tones of Mandarin Pitch over time: tone 1 high and level (red), tone 2 rising (orange), tone 3 falling then rising (green), tone 4 falling (blue). tone 1 tone 2 tone 3 tone 4 Time Pitch

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