北极熊 (北極熊)
běi jí xióng
Pinyin

Definition

北极熊 (北極熊)
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běi jí xióng
  1. polar bear

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

北
běi
  1. 1 north
  2. 2 (classical) to be defeated
北京
Běi jīng
  1. 1 Beijing, capital of People's Republic of China
  2. 2 Peking
  3. 3 PRC government
熊
Xióng
  1. 1 surname Xiong
熊猫
xióng māo
  1. 1 panda
  2. 2 classifier: 只 zhī
北上
běi shàng
  1. 1 to go up north

Idioms (13)

一个天南，一个地北
yī ge tiān nán , yī ge dì běi
  1. 1 to live miles apart (idiom)
北叟失马
běi sǒu shī mǎ
  1. 1 lit. the old man lost his horse, but it all turned out for the best (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. a blessing in disguise
  3. 3 it's an ill wind that blows nobody any good
南征北伐
nán zhēng běi fá
  1. 1 war on all sides (idiom); fighting from all four quarters
南征北战
nán zhēng běi zhàn
  1. 1 war on all sides (idiom); fighting from all four quarters
南征北讨
nán zhēng běi tǎo
  1. 1 war on all sides (idiom); fighting from all four quarters

Sample Sentences

比如沙漠里的动物—狮子、鸟、蜥蜴、蜘蛛、青蛙等等—大多数都有微黄的“沙漠色”作为它们的保护色；深海生物则因为红光不易穿透到深海，所以这里的鱼大多是红色的；而雪地上的动物—比如北极熊、北极兔—则会披上一层白色，让它们能安稳地藏在雪白世界中。
bǐrú shāmò lǐ de dòngwù —shīzi 、niǎo 、xīyì 、zhīzhū 、qīngwā děngděng —dàduōshù dōu yǒu wēi huáng de “shāmò sè ”zuòwéi tāmen de bǎohùsè ；shēnhǎi shēngwù zé yīnwèi hóng guāng bùyì chuāntòu dào shēnhǎi ，suǒyǐ zhèlǐ de yú dàduō shì hóngsè de ；ér xuě dì shàng de dòngwù —bǐrú běijíxióng 、běijí tù —zé huì pī shàng yī céng báisè ，ràng tāmen néng ānwěn de cáng zài xuěbái shìjiè zhōng 。
For example, in the desert, lions, birds, lizards, spiders, frogs and so on all have a light yellow “desert color” as their camouflage. Creatures in the deep ocean are often red because light cannot be easily shunned through in the deep sea. Lastly, animals that live in the snow, such as Polar Bears and Arctic Rabbits, will have a coat of white so that they can hide peacefully in the snowfield.
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