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Chinese dictionary
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n.elephant
我们去动物园看象吧。
Let's go to the zoo to see the elephants.
人类应该保护象。
Humans should protect elephants.
骑象
ride an elephant
母象
female elephant
- 2
n.appearance; shape; image
景象
scene
印象
impression
形象
image
气象
scene
- 3
v.imitate
象声
onomatopoeia
象形
pictographic characters
Words and phrases with 象
- 象限偏差[word]quadrantal deviation
- 象棋[word]chess
- 象征性[word]symbolic; perfunctory
- 象牙棕榈[word]ivory-nut palm
- 象牙色[word]ivory tint
- 象限角[word]quadrantal angle
- 象声词[word]onomatope
- 象征主义[word]symbolism
- 象牙质[word]stratum eboris
- 象牙之塔[idiom]ivory tower
- 象箸玉杯[idiom]ivory chopsticks and jade cups
- 象齿焚身[idiom]warning against hoarding wealth
Word usage
- Note"象" is different from "像". "像" refers to the image of a person or thing made by imitation, comparison, etc., and also includes the same or similar picture formed by reflection and refraction of light; "象" refers to the form of nature, person or thing.
- common measure word"象" is often matched with measure word "只"or"头".
一只象
one elephant
一头象
one elephant