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CHINESE DICTIONARY ENTRY
豺狼
jackal and wolf
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DEFINITIONS & USAGE
Meaning and common use
01
jackal and wolf
02
ravenous wolf
03
fig. evil person
04
vicious tyrant
REAL CORPUS EXAMPLES
How 豺狼 actually appears in real sentences.
These sentences are copied from the Tatoeba corpus, so they are real usage rather than generated text. 豺狼 appears in 2 of the 89,190 sentences we searched. Sentences without a published English translation are shown in Chinese only.
No published English translation for this sentence.
COMMON COLLOCATIONS
Words that keep company with 豺狼.
Counted from the same corpus: the word that most often comes directly before, and directly after, 豺狼.
Directly before
- 一只豺狼1
- 不住豺狼1
Directly after
- 豺狼老虎1
ABOUT THIS ENTRY
Where this entry comes from
The HSK level, part of speech, and pronunciation come from the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus. The English definitions come from CC-CEDICT. Corpus sentences, collocations, and the frequency figure come from the Tatoeba Chinese sentence export and are counted rather than written, so nothing on this page is invented. Usage notes and the hand-written examples that appear higher up exist only for a handful of entries.
Definitions from CC-CEDICT, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Vocabulary levels and parts of speech from the HSK 3.1 syllabus. This compiled dictionary is shared under the same CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
COMMON QUESTIONS
About 豺狼
What does 豺狼 mean in Chinese?
豺狼 (cháiláng) means jackal and wolf.
How do you pronounce 豺狼?
豺狼 is pronounced cháiláng.
Is 豺狼 an HSK word?
豺狼 is on the list of the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus.
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