animal words

基本解释

Chinese and Japans Culture Differences From Cultural Image of Animal Words——About "tortoise" and "cattle"
从动物词汇文化形象看中日文化差异——关于“龟”和“牛”
As a group of culture-bound words, animal words reflect cultural diversities in the aspects such as social psychology, customary habits, beliefs as well as value orientations.
作为具有文化内涵意义的词汇，不同语言中的动物词汇反映着不同民族在社会心理，风俗习惯，价值取向等文化因素方面的差异。
Language is a cultural carrier. There are a lot of animal words in both English and Chinese but the two countries have great differences in cultural backgrounds and thinking modes.
但由于汉英两个民族各自的社会文化背景和思维方式不同，在动物词的喻义的表现上也不尽相同。

My words seemed to change Simon into a wild animal.
In other words, what they have in common with each other, ethical will and animal passion, is that they're both grounded in interest.
换句话说，道德意志和动物本性,的共同点就是，它们都建立在兴趣之上，对吧？
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We are the promising animal, the animal capable of saying words that turn out to be promises kept to ourselves and each other.
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In the pond, he was all animal-thought, no words, no self, blind panic.
NEWYORKER: Tenth of December