Animal Imagery in Different Languages
Chinese culture
English eapressions
Sayings
Dogs
Wolves
Pig
characteristics:clumsy
characteristics:loyalty
characteristics:violence、cruelty
Tigers
characteristics:authority
"as quiet as mouse"
Mean: Describe someone who is quiet.
Elephants
Mean: People make a lot of noise.
"a white elephant"
Mean: Refers to something very expensive but useless.
Jumbo jet
Mean: "giant" A huge jet plane is called a "jumbo jet".
Peacock
Mean: Describe people who are overly confident and show great pride in doing everything.
Chicken
Mean: The person is a coward and doesn't dare to do something.
"When the cat's away, the mice will play."
山中無老虎，猴子稱大王
"Let sleeping dogs lie."
"There is a black sheep in every flock."
"A leopard cannot change its spots."
Conclusion
Without a doubt, it not only makes a language fun to learn, but also helps language learners understand more about the culture behind a langguage.
害群之馬
保持現狀
本性難移