chá
猹
badger-like wild animal fond of melons
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Meanings
1 sense · 3 examplesnoun
a wild animal similar to a badger, fond of eating melons
literaryThis term is specific to Lu Xun's 1921 story 'Hometown' (故乡), where it refers to a wild animal in the author's hometown dialect (likely the hog badger or a similar mustelid). It is not a standard zoological term in modern Mandarin.
Rùn闰
tǔ土
zài在
xī西
guā瓜
dì地
lǐ里
cì刺
chá猹
。
Runtu was spearing the cha in the watermelon field.
Lǔ鲁
Xùn迅
zài在
《
Gù故
xiāng乡
》
zhōng中
miáo描
xiě写
le了
yī一
zhǒng种
jiào叫
chá猹
de的
yě野
shòu兽
。
Lu Xun described a wild beast called 'cha' in his story 'Hometown'.
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Zhè这
zhǒng种
xiàng像
huān獾
yī一
yàng样
de的
dòng动
wù物
fāng方
yán言
lǐ里
jiào叫
chá猹
。
This badger-like animal is called 'cha' in the local dialect.