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māo

HSK 2 · word 857 of 3,000

Meaning

Example sentence

猫有九命。

māo yǒu jiǔ mìng

A cat has nine lives.

The character 猫

has , the animal radical, beside , a sprout, which is near enough for the sound. 小猫 a kitten, and 熊猫 the panda — a bear-cat, with the bear named first.

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