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  *羊* | 羊* | *羊
sheep; goat / CL: 頭|头, 隻|只
HSK 3
goat / (gymnastics) small-sized vaulting horse
Long yang village in Hainan Tibetan autonomous prefecture, Qinghai
epilepsy
lit. to mend the pen after sheep are lost (idiom) / fig. to act belatedly / better late than never / to lock the stable door after the horse has bolted
HSK 7-9
epilepsy
bellwether
to seek out discount vouchers, cashback offers etc and use them in making purchases
sheep
scapegoat; sacrificial lamb
lit. wool comes from the sheep's back (idiom); One gets the benefit, but the price has been paid. / Nothing comes for free.
sheepdog
Aries (constellation and sign of the zodiac) / used erroneously for 白羊座
cattle and sheep / livestock
lamb kebab
scapegoat
Year of the Ram (e.g. 2003)
wool sweater; cardigan
sheep husbandry
yōkan, gelatin dessert typically made from red bean paste, agar, and sugar, sold in block form
Happy sheep (group of five cartoon sheep), mascot of 2010 Guangzhou Asian games 廣州亞運會|广州亚运会
Mongolian hot pot / instant-boiled mutton (dish)
bellwether
mutton / goat meat
Aries (constellation and sign of the zodiac)
Mongolian gazelle / Procapra gutturosa
goatee
Aries (star sign)
antelope / CL: 隻|只
to kill the pigs and slaughter the sheep (idiom)
amniocentesis
flock of sheep
croissant
kea (Nestor notabilis)
slaughter the cattle and butcher the sheep / to prepare a big feast (idiom)
to raise sheep / shepherd
woolen blanket
minced mutton
(dialect) towel (especially worn as a turban)
Qingyang district of Chengdu city 成都市, Sichuan
faun, half-goat half-human creature of Greek mythology
sheepskin
sheep's head / fig. advertisement for good meat
Tibetan antelope or Chiru (Pantholops hodgsonii)
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *羊* | 羊* | *羊
surname Yang
scrapie (prion disease of sheep)
lamb chop
sheep's fat / suet / mutton tallow
shepherd
goat-man / faun of Greek mythology
scapegoat
ram (male sheep)
shepherd / shepherd boy
lit. a lamb in a tiger's den (idiom) / fig. to tread dangerous ground
ground-elder (Aegopodium podagraria)
lit. to lead away a goat while passing by (idiom) / fig. to opportunistically pocket sb's possessions and walk off
hand-held mutton (mutton pieces on the bone, eaten with the fingers)
Epimedium, genus of herbaceous flowering plant, cultivated in the Far East as aphrodisiac / also called barrenwort or horny goatweed (said to resemble crushed goat's testicles)
lit. billy goat's horns caught in the fence (idiom from Book of Changes 易經|易经); impossible to advance or to retreat / without any way out of a dilemma / trapped / in an impossible situation
ibex
amniotic fluid
sheep-fat white jade, a type of jade
winding road (twisting and turning like a sheep's intestine)
cashmere
(fig.) attractive and easy mark / source of steady profit / moneymaker / cash cow
knitting wool / wool yarn
alpaca
Yangcheng, a nickname for 廣州|广州
Longyangxia canyon on the upper reaches of the Yellow River, Gonghe county 共和縣|共和县 in Hainan Tibetan autonomous prefecture, Qinghai
to take home sb else's stray sheep
(zoology) vicuña
fleece / wool / woolen
wether (castrated ram)
ibex
llama
argali (Ovis ammon)
sheep or goat pen
amniocentesis (used in Taiwan)
amniocentesis
to drive sheep / to herd sheep
road as twisty as sheep's intestine (idiom); narrow and winding road / fig. complicated and tricky job
merino (breed of sheep)
Scotch collie / rough collie
parchment
imitation parchment
lamb
claw hammer
lit. the heart of a sheep in the skin of a tiger (idiom) / fig. impressive in appearance but lacking in substance / braggart
sheep / lamb
to tend a flock of sheep / to let sheep out to pasture / fig. to throw off the reins / to leave sb alone / acting freely and irresponsibly
Giethoorn (city in the Netherlands)
lit. billy goat's horns caught in the fence (idiom from Book of Changes 易經|易经); impossible to advance or to retreat / without any way out of a dilemma / trapped / in an impossible situation
Qingyang district of Chengdu city 成都市, Sichuan
lamb
(anatomy) amnion
lit. to hang a sheep's head while selling dog meat (idiom) / fig. to cheat / dishonest advertising / wicked deeds carried out under banner of virtue
shepherd

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