狼 láng wolf
怎么记住“狼”: 犭 dog + 良 good = wolf. The dog barks all night, and the shepherd says only a good nose can smell the wolf in the forest.
部件结构
形声 · Meaning + sound
One part gives the meaning, the other gives the sound.
狼 = 犭 dog + 良 good
- 犭 dog meaning
- 良 good sound
The dog barks all night, and the shepherd says only a good nose can smell the wolf in the forest.
How it came to be
In the small seal form, the dog gives the meaning and good gives the sound: the wolf.
用法
- Wolf: 狼 evokes greed and cruelty in idioms: 狼心狗肺 (lángxīn-gǒufèi) heartless and ungrateful.
- 狼吞虎咽 (lángtūn-hǔyàn) = to wolf down food ravenously.
- 狼狈 (lángbèi) = in a sorry/awkward plight: 狼狈不堪 in an utterly wretched state.
- 狼狈为奸 (lángbèi-wéijiān) = to collude in evil-doing.