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一丘之貉

yī qiū zhī hédictionary entry
DEFINITION CC-CEDICT
jackals of the same tribe (idiom) / fig. They are all just as bad as each other.
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Reference definitions: CC-CEDICT contributors and MDBG, CC BY-SA 4.0. Source release 2026-10-27T01:55:52Z. Imported 2026-10-27. Definition wording and meaning order are retained. Recognized pronunciation references are displayed with tone marks; the original source record is available below.

Source record: cd-42c04446f5983622. Source SHA-256: bbc4b27f26bee1a262f4d7939667a040c7857c7fc0200a2fa7a86d3352a09eae.

Original source entry:

一丘之貉 一丘之貉 [yi1 qiu1 zhi1 he2] /jackals of the same tribe (idiom); fig. They are all just as bad as each other./

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Reference information

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Character information

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  • 一
    yī

    one / single / a (article) / as soon as / entire / whole / all / throughout / "one" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 1) / also pr. [yāo] for greater clarity when spelling out numbers digit by digit

  • 丘
    qiū

    mound / hillock / grave / classifier for fields / hillock / mound (variant of 丘[qiū])

    Qiū

    surname Qiu

  • 之
    zhī

    (possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的[de]) / him / her / it

  • 貉
    hé

    raccoon dog (Nyctereutes procyonoides) / raccoon of North China, Korea and Japan (Japanese: tanuki) / also pr. [háo]

    mò

    old term for northern peoples / silent

Reference definitions from CC-CEDICT.