基于英汉民族对动物“狮子”的属性有相似的认识,同时又由于生活在不同的文化背景中,因而动物名称“狮子”在汉英语言中存在国俗语义同异并存现象。本文以汉语中的“狮子”和英语中的“lion”这两个对应词为例,探讨汉英民族动物词的国俗语义同异现象,以期对跨文化交际有所裨益。 Based on the similarities and dissimilarities between English and Chinese on the animal “lions,” as well as living in different cultural backgrounds, the animal “lion” has the common existence and semantic meanings of both Chinese and English. Taking the two Chinese characters “lion” and “lion” in English as examples, this paper explores the similarities and differences between Chinese and English national animal words in the semantic meanings of the national culture, in the hope of being beneficial to intercultural communication.