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How to pronounce mandrill and what does it mean?

魭, as 魭 (xiāo), has a phonetic shape, the word is from ghost, from Xiao, and Xiao is also a sound. "Xiao" means "thin and small." "Ghost" and "Xiao" combined mean "a kind of monster, its shape is big on the top and small on the bottom".

1. Mandrill

Pinyin: shān xiāo.

Explanation: In Chinese myths and legends, it is a one-legged ghost in the mountains.

Source: "The Classic of Mountains and Seas: Hai Nei Jingjuan" mentioned: "There is a Gan giant in the south, with a human face and long arms, a black body with hair, and turned back heels. It smiles when everyone smiles, and its lips cover it Face, because it means fleeing."

2. Mandrill Ghost

Pinyin: xiāo guǐ.

Interpretation: It means ghost.

Source: Yuan Hongdao's poem "Occasionally Formed in the Hidden Road": "The clouds come to the eyebrows in the morning, and the mandrill ghosts enter the house at night."

3. Lin Mandrill

Pinyin :lín xiāo.

Interpretation: It means that it is said to be a spirit in the mountains and forests.

Source: Qian Qianyi of the Qing Dynasty, poem 7 of "When Called to Go to Que in the Car to Express My Feelings in the Seventh Month of Wuchen": "The rain in the village village is like an earthen puppet, and the moon is thin in the forest and the people are walking together."

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Examples of mandrill:

1. In the San Francisco Zoo, mandrill seemed to be very unhappy with the photographer. However, he suffered from arthritis, so the middle finger gesture was not perfect.

2. This mandrill on a rope in Central Africa reaches out his front paws to grab a camera.

3. The expansion of agriculture and human settlements has caused the mandrills’ rainforest home to shrink. The mandrill is feeling this increasing sense of oppression.

4. The bright red and blue facial features can confirm that it is an adult male mandrill.

5. Mandrills are increasingly feeling squeezed by agricultural development and the expansion of human settlements, which have gradually reduced the range of their tropical rainforest habitats.

6. Mandrills are powerful ghosts that cling to grass and trees to cause evil spirits. This is called charisma.

7. The ghosts of mandrills and monsters still appear in strange shapes, either with a green face and fangs, or with three heads and six arms.

8. What a stubborn and ineffective ghost! There are yakshas in the sea, just as there are mandrills in the mountains. They are neither ghosts nor ghosts, but their own kind, somewhere between human beings.

9. Monkey picture gallery. The bright red and blue facial identification markings are of a mature male mandrill. The mandrill is the largest monkey in the world.

10. While looking around hesitantly, bursts of laughter came from the foot of the mountain, sharp and harsh, like Zigui crying at night, or like a mandrill howling.