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羊圈

yángjuàn
noun #36,104

Meanings

  1. 1 sheep pen
  2. 2 sheepfold
  3. 3 sheep enclosure

Examples

牧羊人把羊群赶进了羊圈。
Mùyángrén bǎ yángqún gǎn jìn le yángjuàn.
The shepherd drove the flock into the sheep pen.
夜里有狼想闯进羊圈。
Yèlǐ yǒu láng xiǎng chuǎng jìn yángjuàn.
At night a wolf tried to break into the sheepfold.

Tips

mistakes
Watch the reading: 圈 here is juàn (pen/enclosure for animals), not quān (circle/ring). Same character, two readings, two meanings: 羊圈 yángjuàn = sheepfold; 圆圈 yuánquān = a circle. Same pattern in 猪圈 zhūjuàn (pigsty).

In Pop Culture

亡羊补牢 wáng yáng bǔ láo
to mend the fold after a sheep is lost
Famous chengyu about acting before too much damage is done — set in a 羊圈 with a hole in the fence.

Stroke Order

羊 yáng
圈 quān