小金钱龟

小金錢龜
xiǎojīnqiánguī
noun

Measure Word

Meanings

  1. 1 small golden coin turtle; small specimen or small-bodied strain of the three-striped box turtle (Cuora trifasciata)

Examples

Xiǎojīnqiánguī fēicháng zhēnguì, jiàgé ángguì.
Small golden coin turtles are very precious and expensive.
Hěn duō rén bǎ xiǎojīnqiánguī dàngzuò jíxiáng de chǒngwù.
Many people keep small golden coin turtles as lucky pets.

Tips

culture
金钱 (golden coin turtle) is the three-striped box turtle, revered in southern Chinese folk culture for wealth-attracting symbolism and traditionally thought to cure cancer. Demand has pushed the species to critical endangerment — wild populations have collapsed and prices for breeding stock ran into the tens of thousands of yuan per animal.

Stroke Order

xiǎo
jīn
qián
guī