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  *猴* | 猴* | *猴
monkey / CL: 隻|只
HSK 5
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  *申* | 申* | *申
to extend / to state / to explain / 9th earthly branch: 3-5 p.m., 7th solar month (7th August-7th September), year of the Monkey / ancient Chinese compass point: 240°
lit. to kill the chicken to warn the monkey (idiom) / fig. to punish an individual as an example to others
Sun Wukong, the Monkey King, character with supernatural powers in the novel Journey to the West 西遊記|西游记 / Son Goku, the main character in Dragon Ball 七龍珠|七龙珠
When the tree topples the monkeys scatter. (idiom); fig. an opportunist abandons an unfavorable cause / Rats leave a sinking ship.
"Journey to the West", a Ming dynasty novel by Wu Cheng'en 吳承恩|吴承恩, one of the Four Great Classical Novels of Chinese literature, also known as "Pilgrimage to the West" or "Monkey"
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  *禺* | 禺* | *禺
(archaic) district / (old) type of monkey
monkey / CL: 隻|只
Great Sage the Equal of Heaven, self-proclaimed title of the Monkey King Sun Wukong 孫悟空|孙悟空 in the novel Journey to the West 西遊記|西游记
primate (monkey, hominid etc)
tarsier monkey
golden snub-nosed monkey (Rhinopithecus roxellana)
monkey show
monkey
lit. heart like a frisky monkey, mind like a cantering horse (idiom); fig. capricious (derog.) / to have ants in one's pants / hyperactive / adventurous and uncontrollable
dirty trick / monkey business
apes and monkeys
Sun Wukong, the Monkey King, character with supernatural powers in the novel Journey to the West 西遊記|西游记
bird in a basket, monkey in a cage (idiom); prisoner
gelada (Theropithecus gelada), Ethiopian herbivorous monkey similar to baboon
lit. a monkey wearing a hat (idiom) / fig. worthless person in imposing attire
primate order (including monkeys, hominids etc)
Sun Wukong, the Monkey King, character with supernatural powers from the novel Journey to the West 西遊記|西游记
to get a monkey to perform tricks / to put on a monkey show / to make fun of sb / to tease
primate (monkey, hominid etc)
monkey's seat pads (zoology)
to roam about / to monkey around
boabab tree / monkey-bread tree / Adansonia digitata (botany)
Hou Quan - "Monkey Fist" - Martial Art
pipe wrench / monkey wrench
monkey (dialect) / little monkey (affectionate term for children, subordinates)
Sun Wukong 孫悟空|孙悟空, the Monkey King, character with supernatural powers in the novel Journey to the West 西遊記|西游记
rhesus macaque (Macaca mulatta) / rhesus monkey / lit. river Ganges monkey of north India
"monkey steals the peach" (martial arts), distracting an opponent with one hand and seizing his testicles with the other / (coll.) grabbing sb by the balls
capuchin monkey / genus Cebidae
Hanuman, a monkey God in the Indian epic Ramayana
Monkey Wreaks Havoc in Heaven, story about the Monkey King Sun Wukong 孫悟空|孙悟空 from the novel Journey to the West 西遊記|西游记
lit. to kill a chicken in front of a monkey; fig. to make an example of sb (by punishment) to frighten others
a water goblin in Chinese mythology usually depicted as a monkey
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  *猓* | 猓* | *猓
monkey
Year of the Monkey (e.g. 2004)
gelada (Theropithecus gelada), Ethiopian herbivorous monkey similar to baboon / also written 吉爾達|吉尔达
Year 9, year of the Monkey (e.g. 2004)
(Internet slang) code monkey
proboscis monkey (Nasalis larvatus), aka long-nosed monkey


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