羊倌 (yáng guān) — shepherd (person who herds sheep)
Definition
Literary/rural term for a shepherd, a person who herds sheep. More specific and old-fashioned than 牧羊人, which is the everyday spoken word.
noun
shepherd (person who herds sheep)
Measure word · 个
Examples
- 羊倌。Nà ge yáng guān měi tiān gǎn zhe yáng qún shàng shān chī cǎo.That shepherd drives the flock up the mountain to graze every day.
- 羊倌,。Lǎo yáng guān chuī zhe kǒu shào, yáng qún jiù gēn zhe tā zǒu.The old shepherd whistled, and the flock followed him.
- 羊倌。Zhè ge gù shi jiǎng de shì yí gè nián qīng yáng guān de mào xiǎn jīng lì.This story is about a young shepherd's adventures.
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