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English
- fox
- (bound form) used in the names of small mammals
As a component in
Variants
Words containing 狸
- 狐狸wu4 lei2
fox; (fig.) sly or crafty person
- 狐狸精wu4 lei4 zing1
fox-spirit
- 狸貓lei4 maau1
leopard cat
- 老狐狸lou5 wu4 lei2
(fig.) old fox; a wily, shrewd person
- 果子狸gwo2 zi2 lei4
masked palm civet (Paguma larvata)
- 狸子lei4 zi2
leopard cat
- 海狸hoi2 lei4
beaver
- 河狸ho4 lei4
beaver
- 沼狸ziu2 lei4
(zoology) coypu; nutria
- 狐狸頭wu4 lei2 tau4
- 狐狸叫wu4 lei2 giu3
- 狐狸座wu4 lei4 zo6
(astronomy) Vulpecula
- 熊狸hung4 lei4
binturong; bearcat
- 狸奴lei4 nou4
cat (literary or jocular)
- 一隻狸jat1 zek3 lei4
- 狐狸尾巴wu4 lei4 mei5 baa1
lit. fox's tail (idiom); visible sign of evil intentions
- 花面狸faa1 min6 lei4
masked palm civet (Paguma larvata)
- 狸花貓lei4 faa1 maau1
Dragon Li (modern Chinese cat breed)
- 海狸鼠hoi2 lei4 syu2
(zoology) coypu; nutria
- 露出狐狸尾巴lou6 ceot1 wu4 lei2 mei5 baa1
to reveal one's hideous and wicked face; literally: to expose the tail of a fox
- 狸貓換太子lei4 maau1 wun6 taai3 zi2
to substitute someone's valuable item with another item; literally: to substitute a leopard cat (?) for the crown prince
- 窮鼠嚙狸kung4 syu2 ngit6 lei4
a desperate rat will bite the fox (idiom); the smallest worm will turn being trodden on
- 狐狸先生幾多點wu4 lei2 sin1 saang1 gei2 do1 dim2
"What time is it Mr. Fox" (a children's game); literally "Mr. Fox, how many o'clock?"