苏俄牧羊犬

蘇俄牧羊犬
Sū'émùyángquǎn
noun

Measure Word

Meanings

  1. 1 Borzoi
  2. 2 Russian Wolfhound

Examples

Sū'é mùyángquǎn shēnxíng xiūcháng, pǎo de hěn kuài.
The Borzoi is slim and very fast.
Sū'é mùyángquǎn céngjīng shì Éguó guìzú de lièquǎn.
The Borzoi was once the hunting dog of Russian nobility.

Tips

culture
The name in Chinese is misleading — 牧羊犬 means "shepherd dog," but the borzoi is a sighthound bred for wolf coursing, not herding. The naming convention lumps many large Russian dogs under "shepherd."

Stroke Order

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