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猢狲

Word · NounTraditional猢猻

monkey; macaque

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Meanings

1 sense · 3 examples
1.

noun

monkey; especially a macaque

dialect

A dialectal word, most commonly recognized from the idiom '树倒猢狲散'.

Shān山
lǐ里
de的
lǎo老
hú猢
sūn狲
kě可
jīng精
le了
 。

The old monkeys in the mountains are very clever.

Zhè这
qún群
xiǎo小
hú猢
sūn狲
zài在
shù树
shàng上
tiào跳
lái来
tiào跳
qù去
 。

These little monkeys are jumping around in the trees.

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Tā他
jī机
ling灵
de得
xiàng像
zhī只
hú猢
sūn狲
 。

He is as clever as a monkey.