huáng niú

黄 牛

Level:

NPCR4

ReadWriteQuiz

1
n.bull; cow; ox; cattle
- yī tóu huáng niú
  一头黄牛
  an ox
2
n.dialscalper; ticket tout
- huáng niú dǎng
  黄牛党
  gang of scalpers
- dǎo mài wài huì de huáng niú
  倒卖外汇的黄牛
  somebody who engages in black market foreign exchange
- diàn yǐng huáng niú
  电影黄牛
  movie ticket scalper
- wǒ men yīng gāi bǎo hù dà zhòng bù bèi mài piào huáng niú suǒ qiāo zhà
  我们应该保护大众不被卖票黄牛所敲诈。
  We should protect the public against being gouged by ticket scalpers.
3
n.dials omebod y who goes back on their word; pers on who fails to keep promis es
- tā jiù shì gè huáng niú yán ér wú xìn
  他就是个黄牛，言而无信。
  He's a scalper who doesn't keep his word.

common measure word
"黄牛" is often matched with measure word "头"or"群".
- 一头黄牛
  one head of cattle
- 一群黄牛
  one herd of cattle

黄牛