Chinese word

打猎

Pronunciation

Pinyindǎ liè

Meaning

  • verbhunt

Example

爸爸每年都去打猎。bà bà měi nián dōu qù dǎ liè

Dad goes hunting every year.

Illustration for 打猎 (hunt)

More examples

警方查获了非法打猎的工具。jǐng fāng chá huò le fēi fǎ dǎ liè de gōng jù

The police seized tools used for illegal hunting.

Core concept

A person goes into the wild with tools or trained dogs to pursue and catch wild animals.

Common phrases

  • 去打猎qù dǎ liè

    go hunting

  • 在山里打猎zài shān lǐ dǎ liè

    hunt in the mountains

  • 非法打猎fēi fǎ dǎ liè

    hunt illegally

Similar words

狩猎shòu liè: To hunt and capture wild animals outdoors in formal written usage.

Definition in Chinese

到野外用枪、弓、陷阱或猎犬等方式猎取动物的行为。dào yě wài yòng qiāng gōng xiàn jǐng huò liè quǎn děng fāng shì liè qǔ dòng wù de xíng wéi

Word origin

打 (dǎ, "to carry out") + 猎 (liè, "to hunt") presents hunting as an activity that someone performs.

Usage tips

  • The Chinese verb keeps the literal animal sense, while the English verb can also describe searching for a job, clue, or answer, so English metaphorical uses need different Chinese wording.

Other meanings

  • huntingnoun

Opposites

Related words

  • 打猎者dǎ liè zhěhunternoun
  • 打猎场dǎ liè chǎnghunting groundnoun

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