犊 (犢)
dú
Pinyin

Definition

犊 (犢)
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dú
  1. calf
  2. sacrificial victim

Character Decomposition

Related Words (3)

牛犊
niú dú
  1. 1 calf
犊子
dú zi
  1. 1 calf
王八犊子
wáng bā dú zi

Idioms (6)

初生之犊不畏虎
chū shēng zhī dú bù wèi hǔ
  1. 1 lit. a new-born calf has no fear of the tiger (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. the fearlessness of youth
初生牛犊不怕虎
chū shēng niú dú bù pà hǔ
  1. 1 lit. newborn calves do not fear tigers (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. the young are fearless
带牛佩犊
dài niú pèi dú
  1. 1 to abandon armed struggle and return to raising cattle (idiom)
老牛舐犊
lǎo niú shì dú
  1. 1 lit. an old ox licking its calf (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. (of parents) to dote on one's children
舐犊之爱
shì dú zhī ài
  1. 1 the love of a cow licking her calf (idiom)
  2. 2 parental love

Sample Sentences

我认识一个美国人，他一进到中国的公司就用美国人的方法管理员工，真是初生之犊不畏虎。
wǒ rènshi yī ge Měiguó rén ，tā yī jìn dào Zhōngguó de gōngsī jiù yòng Měiguórén de fāngfǎ guǎnlǐ yuángōng ，zhēnshi chūshēngzhīdúbùwèihǔ 。
I know a guy from the U.S., as soon as he started to work in a Chinese company, he used his American way to manage his employees. He really is the new born calf who is not afraid of tigers.
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虽然她很年轻，但是却一点也不害怕她的老板，真是初生之犊不畏虎。
suīrán tā hěn niánqīng ，dànshì què yìdiǎn yě bù hàipà tā de lǎobǎn ，zhēnshi chūshēngzhīdúbùwèihǔ 。
Although she is very young, she is not afraid of her boss at all. She is the newborn calf who is not afraid of tigers.
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我们可以用初生之犊不畏虎来形容刚进到一个新的环境的年轻人。
wǒmen kěyǐ yòng chūshēngzhīdúbùwèihǔ lái xíngróng gāng jìn dào yī ge Xīn de huánjìng de niánqīngrén 。
We can use "Newborn calves are not afraid of tigers" to describe a young man who just entered a new environment.
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初生之犊不畏虎。
chū shēng zhī dú bù wèi hǔ 。
Newborn calves are not afraid of tigers.
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只要他发挥正常，绝对有可能拿金牌。听说他最近一年都在国外训练，成绩提高了很多。唯一欠缺的是大赛经验不足，不过初生牛犊不怕虎，反而可能变成他的优势。
zhǐyào tā fāhuī zhèngcháng ，juéduì yǒu kěnéng ná jīnpái 。tīngshuō tā zuìjìn yī nián dōu zài guówài xùnliàn ，chéngjì tígāo le hěn duō 。wéiyī qiànquē de shì dàsài jīngyàn bùzú ，bùguò chūshēngniúdúbùpàhǔ ，fǎnér kěnéng biànchéng tā de yōushì 。
As long as he performs normally he definitely has a chance at taking the gold. I've heard that he's been training abroad for the past year and that his results have improved a lot. His only weakness is that he doesn't have much experience in big competitions. However, newborn calves don't fear tigers; he could use this fearlessness to his advantage.
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