猫 (貓)
māo
Pinyin

Definition

猫 (貓)
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māo
  1. cat
  2. CL:隻|只[zhī]
  3. (dialect) to hide oneself
  4. (coll.) modem

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

猫
māo
  1. 1 cat
  2. 2 classifier: 只 zhī
  3. 3 (dialect) to hide oneself
  4. 4 (coll.) modem
夜猫子
yè māo zi
  1. 1 owl
  2. 2 (fig.) night owl
大熊猫
dà xióng māo
  1. 1 giant panda (Ailuropoda melanoleuca)
熊猫
xióng māo
  1. 1 panda
  2. 2 classifier: 只 zhī
熊猫眼
xióng māo yǎn
  1. 1 to have dark circles under one's eyes
  2. 2 to have eyes like a panda

Idioms (4)

照猫画虎
zhào māo huà hǔ
  1. 1 lit. drawing a tiger using a cat as a model (idiom); fig. to follow a model and get things more or less right but without capturing the spirit of the subject
  2. 2 uninspired imitation
瞎猫碰上死耗子
xiā māo pèng shàng sǐ hào zi
  1. 1 a blind cat finds a dead mouse (idiom)
  2. 2 blind luck
猫哭老鼠
māo kū lǎo shǔ
  1. 1 the cat weeps for the dead mouse (idiom); hypocritical pretence of condolence
  2. 2 crocodile tears
猫哭耗子
māo kū hào zi
  1. 1 the cat weeps for the dead mouse (idiom); hypocritical pretence of condolence
  2. 2 crocodile tears

Sample Sentences

小猫是您的朋友吗？
xiǎomāo shì nín de péngyou ma ？
Are little cats your friend?
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我每天都跟小猫看电影。
wǒ měitiān dōu gēn xiǎomāo kàn diànyǐng 。
I watch movies with little cats every day.
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大熊猫的数量是极其稀少的。
dàxióngmāo de shùliàng shì jíqí xīshǎo de 。
The number of giant pandas is extremely rare.
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公司新来的那个实习生，我在问他正经事儿，他给我丢来一堆猥琐的熊猫，我研究了半天也没有看懂他在说什么。
gōngsī xīnlái de nàge shíxísheng ，wǒ zài wèn tā zhèngjīng shì r ，tā gěi wǒ diū lái yīduī wěisuǒ de xióngmāo ，wǒ yánjiū le bàntiān yě méiyǒu kàn dǒng tā zài shuō shénme 。
I was asking about work with the new intern in my company when he sent me a bunch of panda emojis that looked sorry or something. After analyzing for half a day, I still didn’t understand his message.
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怎么你这个贪玩的夜猫子也变得瞻前顾后了！
zěnme nǐ zhège tānwán de yèmāozi yě biànde zhānqiángùhòu le ！
Even a playful night owl like you have become so careful!
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日本东京都知事小池百合子31日在东京召开记者会宣布，在东京上野动物园出生的大熊猫幼崽“香香”送还中国的时间将延迟一年半至2020年12月底。
Rìběn Dōngjīngdū zhīshì XiǎochíBǎihézi rì zài Dōngjīng zhàokāi jìzhěhuì xuānbù ，zài Dōngjīng Shàngyě dòngwùyuán chūshēng de dàxióngmāo yòuzǎi “xiāngxiāng ”sònghuán Zhōngguó de shíjiān jiāng yánchí yī nián bàn zhì nián yuèdǐ 。
Japan’s Tokyo Governor Koike Yuriko held a press conference in Tokyo on the 31st to announce that the return of the giant panda cub “香香” born in the Ueno Zoo in Tokyo will be delayed by one and a half years until the end of December 2020.
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会捉老鼠的猫不叫
huì zhuō lǎoshǔ de māo bù jiào
Still waters run deep.
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不要看他平时这么安静，会捉老鼠的猫不叫，他可是全公司业绩第一名的员工呢！
bùyào kàn tā píngshí zhème ānjìng ，huìzhuōlǎoshǔdemāobùjiào ，tā kěshì quán gōngsī yèjì dìyī míng de yuángōng ne ！
He might be quiet all the time, but don't let it fool you. Still waters run deep. He is actually the employee with the highest sales performance in our company.
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瞎猫碰到死耗子
xiā māo pèng dào sǐ hàozi
A stroke of luck.
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会捉老鼠的猫不叫，你别总是炫耀自己，多做事，少说话。
huìzhuōlǎoshǔdemāobùjiào ，nǐ bié zǒngshì xuànyào zìjǐ ，duō zuòshì ，shǎo shuōhuà 。
Still waters run deep. Don’t show off all the time. Do more and talk less.
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