More even than using its shell for medicine, Chinese people's favorite use of the turtle is for cursing each other. The turtle plays the leading role in many Chinese derogatory expressions. Yet it is also regarded as one of four divine animals, taking an august place alongside the dragon, the phoenix and the chimera. Turtles are even worshipped in temples.
除了身上的甲殼好用，今天烏龜更普遍被大江南北各地中國人用來罵人，但身躋「國罵」主角的烏龜，也是中國四靈動物之一，與龍、鳳、麒麟，同具崇高地位，甚至「配享太廟」，讓人供奉。