character
A species of wild animal mentioned in Lu Xun's “My Old Home”. Its true identity remains unknown but it was identified as possibly being a badger in one of his letters.
我那時並不知道這所謂猹的是怎麼一件東西——便是現在也不知道——只是無端地覺得狀如小狗而很兇猛。
我那时并不知道这所谓猹的是怎么一件东西——便是现在也不知道——只是无端地觉得状如小狗而很凶猛。
wǒ nà shí bìng bù zhī dào zhè suǒ wèi chá de shì zěn me yī jiàn dōng xī — biàn shì xiàn zài yě bù zhī dào — zhǐ shì wú duān dì jué de zhuàng rú xiǎo gǒu ér hěn xiōng měng ． Back then I did not know what this so-called cha was—which I still do not know even now—but just thought that it had a shape like a little dog and was somehow ferocious for no reason.
猹 [－]
Jyutping Pinyin
chá
Definitions (CC-CEDICT)
Badger-like wild animal
Examples (Wiktionary)
Mandarin
我那时并不知道这所谓猹的是怎么一件东西——便是现在也不知道——只是无端地觉得状如小狗而很凶猛。
我那時並不知道這所謂猹的是怎麼一件東西——便是現在也不知道——只是無端地覺得狀如小狗而很兇猛。
wǒ nà shí bìng bù zhī dào zhè suǒ wèi chá de shì zěn me yī jiàn dōng xī — biàn shì xiàn zài yě bù zhī dào — zhǐ shì wú duān dì jué de zhuàng rú xiǎo gǒu ér hěn xiōng měng ．
Back then I did not know what this so-called cha was—which I still do not know even now—but just thought that it had a shape like a little dog and was somehow ferocious for no reason.