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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
dú | du2
English translation
calf; sacrificial lamb

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Number of strokes

19

Traditional form

Contains the radical

Niú

Part of speech

Non-morpheme / 非语素字 Fēi yǔsù zì

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To sacrifice mài a calf  Niú

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Type

ideographic

Positional decomposition

牛賣

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
calf
牛犊 niú dú calf牛犢
犊子 dú zi calf犢子
初生牛犊不怕虎 chū shēng niú dú bù pà hǔ fig. the young are fearless初生牛犢不怕虎
护犊子 hù dú zi (of a woman) to be fiercely protective of one's children護犢子
舐犊情深 shì dú qíng shēn lit. the cow licking its calf fondly (idiom)舐犢情深
初生之犊不畏虎 chū shēng zhī dú bù wèi hǔ fig. the fearlessness of youth初生之犢不畏虎
初生之犊不怕虎 chū shēng zhī dú bù pà hǔ fig. the fearlessness of youth初生之犢不怕虎
带牛佩犊 dài niú pèi dú to abandon armed struggle and return to raising cattle (idiom)帶牛佩犢

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