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花栗鼠

huālìshǔ
noun

Measure Word

一只花栗鼠 zhī

Meanings

  1. 1 chipmunk

Examples

HSK 6
这只花栗鼠的背上有五条黑色的条纹。
Zhè zhī huālìshǔ de bèi shàng yǒu wǔ tiáo hēisè de tiáowén.
This chipmunk has five black stripes on its back.
HSK 7-9
秋天，花栗鼠忙着把坚果塞进腮帮子，再带回洞里藏起来。
Qiūtiān, huālìshǔ máng zhe bǎ jiānguǒ sāijìn sāibāngzi, zài dàihuí dòng lǐ cáng qǐlai.
In autumn, chipmunks are busy stuffing nuts into their cheeks and carrying them back to their burrows to hide.

Tips

memory
花 "patterned" + 栗 "chestnut" + 鼠 "rodent": a small chestnut-brown rodent with stripes down its back.
culture
Disney's Chip 'n' Dale are the chipmunks 奇奇 and 蒂蒂, and Alvin of Alvin and the Chipmunks is 艾尔文.

Stroke Order

花 huā
栗 lì
鼠 shǔ