土狼
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Pinyin
Definition
土狼
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- aardwolf (Proteles cristatus), a small insectivorous relative of the hyena
Character Decomposition
Idioms (20)
入土为安
- 1 buried and at rest (idiom); Resquiescat in pacem (RIP)
兵来将挡,水来土掩
- 1 counter soldiers with arms, water with an earth weir (idiom); different situations call for different action
- 2 to adopt measures appropriate to the actual situation
兵来将敌,水来土堰
- 1 counter soldiers with arms, water with an earth weir (idiom); different situations call for different action
- 2 to adopt measures appropriate to the actual situation
前怕狼后怕虎
- 1 lit. to fear the wolf in front and the tiger behind (idiom)
- 2 fig. to be full of needless fears
- 3 reds under the beds
前门打虎,后门打狼
- 1 to beat a tiger from the front door, only to have a wolf come in at the back (idiom); fig. facing one problem after another