Accounts of the animal's legendary ferocity began to earn it mythical status, creating the part-real part-imaginary Chinese lion that we know today, and enrolling it in the ranks of defenses against evil.
在百聞難得一見及勇猛的傳說下，獅子由現實動物添附神性、變成似幻似真的中國聖獸，也加入厭勝物的守衛行列。