Memory phrase for the character: 狸

狸

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Meaning fox-like animal (i.e. raccoon)

Pronunciation

lí

Explanation

Left: wild animal 犭, right: village 里 (Fields 田 and earth 土 belong to a village)

Mnemonic
 
The wild animals at my village are fox-alikes.

Radicals

犭 wild animalShows in particular a wild dog on its hind legs.
里 village, mile
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 Vocabulary

狐狸 hú li  fox; fig. sly and treacherous person
老狐狸 lǎo hú li  old fox; fig. cunning person
穷鼠啮狸 qióng shǔ niè lí  a desperate rat will bite the fox (idiom); the smallest worm will turn being trodden on
穷鼠啮狸 qióng shǔ niè lí  

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