黄鼠狼

黃鼠狼
huángshǔláng
noun #18,043

Measure Word

Meanings

  1. 1 weasel
  2. 2 yellow weasel

Examples

Huángshǔláng gěi jī bàinián, méi ān hǎo xīn.
A weasel paying New Year's respects to a chicken — harboring no good intentions.
Cūnzi lǐ de jī jīngcháng bèi huángshǔláng tōu zǒu.
The village chickens were often stolen by weasels.

Tips

culture
The proverb 黄鼠狼拜年 (the weasel pays New Year's respects to the chicken) means someone is being nice but has ulterior motives. Extremely common saying.
memory
(yellow) + (mouse/rat) + (wolf) = a 'yellow rat-wolf.' The weasel does look like a yellowish cross between a rat and a small wolf.

Stroke Order

huáng
shǔ
láng