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春牛
chūn​niú

ritual ox

Definitions Defs Origin Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents
春牛 chūn​niú
ritual ox
a clay or paper-and-reed ox used in traditional ceremonies to usher in spring and encourage farming
plowing ox
an ox used for plowing in the spring

Frequency

Written text
0.096 per million

Cross-References

Classifier

  • 条 tiáo

Same as

  • 土牛 tǔ​niú
  • 泥牛 ní​niú

Sources

Frequency data
BCC Corpus (BLCU)