Sheep sheep, gentle, smart, for a long time, become people's favorite animal, so people often use sheep and form different words, these words is different its interest.Self trouble or dead, is called "sheep will Wolf";Metaphor the cruelty of the ruling class, corrupt officials, people call it "like a Wolf sheep";Loss of small, big, is described as a "better", is actually a blessing in disguise.

Cattle, sheep for fire good just, so cold, people all like eating mutton to keep out the cold sex.Sheep were slaughtered, product price is high, with occasional outlaws for obtain sudden huge profits, often hang sheep head and runners for dog meat, cheat customers, customs is called "hang buy vinegar".

Sheep is the most afraid of rain, light rain that is in a hurry to escape, and residence such as excessive moisture, often suffer from wet disease and fainted, so the goats, must be based on the bed of bamboo shed more than feet high from the ground, for the living.Is so, Taiwanese described in small namely anxious hands panic "jing sheep", and in traditional Chinese medicine to develop convulsion absence, foaming at the mouth, sound like a baa-lamb disease called "epilepsy crazy" or "claw", formerly known as "epilepsy".

Sheep elephant fork, so every arrow series arrowheads in three kamakura, called "sheep head".In ancient times there is a wheel car, pulling to the former one, the people push to the later, called "sheep head".Horns curve looks like turning the wind, so called turning wind "horns", "zhuang zi" in "tuan whirlwind most horn three miles," it is this meaning.Horn is the nickname of "Chinese jujube", and "compound surname".Made of wool brush was called "the countryside", has a smooth, full of elasticity, the characteristics of calligraphy and painting is the best pen to Chinese painting.We often use "raise sheep shearing" and "the wool is on sheep's body" to describe their own labor were not in vain.Narrow winding narrow, so with "narrow path" or "narrow footpath" path of metaphor, dangerous environment and so on.

The sheep sheep on the western religions, Christianity to describe the human nature, easy to get lost, must depend on the strength of belief influence, turned a stray lamb is a rock, so Jesus calls himself a shepherd.In China's history, called "red sheep", each country encounter trouble, such as a book of Song Chaoli zong said: "the third afternoon fourth not one, its value is China have the havoc the years of war."Later generations to c belongs to the fire, the color is red, not sheep, shaw so the name "red sheep disaster".(Chinese zodiac /shengxiao/)

Zen state ZuoBoTao and claw has met two people, two people a piece to cover, chu encountered under the snow, the two of them wear dress is very thin and take food is not enough for two people to eat.ZuoBoTao to help friends, all the clothes and food to the horn cry, hide himself into empty tree commit suicide.So future generations will be the most close, friendship is called a "left" sheep.