totem; clan emblem
Tone colorsmāmámǎmàma
Meanings
1 sense · 3 examplesnoun
totem; animal or natural object serving as the emblem of a clan or tribe
neutralPrimarily used in anthropological and sociological contexts to describe primitive religious and social structures.
Lóng龙
shì是
Zhōng中
huá华
mín民
zú族
de的
tú图
téng腾
。
The dragon is the totem of the Chinese nation.
Zài在
zhè这
gè个
yuán原
shǐ始
bù部
luò落
lǐ里
，
xióng熊
shì是
tā他
men们
de的
tú图
téng腾
。
In this primitive tribe, the bear is their totem.
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Tú图
téng腾
chóng崇
bài拜
shì是
rén人
lèi类
zǎo早
qī期
zōng宗
jiào教
de的
zhòng重
yào要
xíng形
shì式
zhī之
yī一
。
Totemism is one of the important forms of early human religion.