驼 tuo tuó

a camel; humpbacked; to carry on the back

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DEFINITIONS

驼 tuó
  • hump or hunchbacked
  • camel
  • variant of 駝|驼[tuo2]

STROKES

WORDS

骆驼 luò tuo camel; (coll.) blockhead; ninny; CL:峰[feng1]
驼背 tuó bèi hunchbacked; stooping; hunchback
驼鹿 tuó lù elk; moose
驼子 tuó zi hunchback
驼色 tuó sè light tan (color); camel-hair color
单峰驼 dān fēng tuó dromedary
弯腰驼背 wān yāo tuó bèi slouch; stoop; poor posture
微驼 wēi tuó stooping; hunched
晒骆驼 shài luò tuo xylitol (Cantonese); see also 木糖醇[mu4 tang2 chun2]
橐驼 tuó tuó camel; hunchback
瘦死的骆驼比马大 shòu sǐ de luò tuo bǐ mǎ dà lit. even a scrawny camel is bigger than a horse (idiom); fig. even after suffering a loss, a rich person is still better off than ordinary people; a cultured person may come down in the world, but he is still superior to the common people
羊驼 yáng tuó alpaca
锅驼机 guō tuó jī portable steam engine; locomobile
驯驼 xùn tuó trained pack camel
驼背鲸 tuó bèi jīng humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae)
驼鸡 tuó jī ostrich (Struthio camelus); also written 鴕鳥 鸵鸟; fabulous bird like Sinbad's roc
骆驼祥子 luò tuo xiáng zi Camel Xiangzi, novel by Lao She 老舍
骆驼队 luò tuó duì caravan of camels
驼鸟 tuó niǎo ostrich; in this context, it refers to wanting to temporarily escape from complex emotions like an ostrich burying its head in the sand
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