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狗熊

gǒuxióng
noun #15,703

Meanings

  1. 1 black bear
  2. 2 coward (colloquial)

Examples

山里有狗熊出没。
Shān lǐ yǒu gǒuxióng chūmò.
Black bears roam in the mountains.
别当狗熊，勇敢一点！
Bié dāng gǒuxióng, yǒnggǎn yīdiǎn!
Don't be a coward, be brave!

Tips

memory
狗 (dog) + 熊 (bear) = 'dog-bear,' the colloquial name for the Asian black bear. Calling someone a 狗熊 means they're a coward — a big animal that runs away.

Stroke Order

狗 gǒu
熊 xióng