大虫 (dà chóng) — tiger (dialectal or historical term)

Definition

Examples

• 武松在景阳冈上打死了一只大虫。
  Wǔ sōng zài jǐng yáng gāng shàng dǎ sǐ le yì zhī dà chóng.
  Wu Song killed a tiger on Jingyang Ridge.
• 在我们老家的方言里，老虎叫大虫。
  Zài wǒ men lǎo jiā de fāng yán lǐ, lǎo hǔ jiào dà chóng.
  In the dialect of my hometown, tigers are called dàchóng.
• 这本历史小说里的大虫其实是老虎的旧称。
  Zhè běn lì shǐ xiǎo shuō lǐ de dà chóng qí shí shì lǎo hǔ de jiù chēng.
  The 'dàchóng' in this historical novel is actually an old name for tiger.