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māo cat (CL:隻|只[zhi1]) / (dialect) to hide oneself / (loanword) (coll.) modem
照猫画虎 zhào māo huà 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 / uninspired imitation
呼噜 (onom.) sound of snoring, wheezing or (cat's) purring
miāo (onom.) meow / cat's mewing
猫砂 māo shā cat litter
猫哭老鼠 māo lǎo shǔ the cat weeps for the dead mouse (idiom); hypocritical pretence of condolence / crocodile tears
sound for calling a cat
灵猫 líng māo civet (arboreal cat) / viverrid (mammal group including mongoose and civet)
huá clamor / noise / (bound form) sound used to call cats
家猫 jiā māo domestic cat; house cat
山猫 shān māo lynx / bobcat / leopard cat
热锅上的蚂蚁 guō shang de (like) a cat on a hot tin roof / anxious / agitated
懒猫 lǎn māo drowsy or slow-moving cat / (fig.) a lazybones
狸猫 māo leopard cat / raccoon dog / palm civet
露馅 lòu xiàn to leak / to expose (sb's secret) / to spill the beans / to let the cat out of the bag
花猫 huā māo tabby cat; calico cat
飞贼 fēi zéi cat burglar / burglar who gains entrance by scaling walls / intruding enemy airman / air marauder
猫步 māo cat-like gait / sashaying gait of a catwalk model
野猫 māo wildcat / stray cat
豹猫 bào māo leopard cat (Prionailurus bengalensis)
流浪猫 liú làng māo stray cat
招财猫 zhāo cái māo maneki-neko or "lucky cat", Japanese figurine cat usually found at the entrance of shops, restaurants etc, believed to bring good fortune
火中取栗 huǒ zhōng lit. to pull chestnuts out of the fire (idiom) / fig. to be sb's cat's-paw
qìn to vomit (of dogs and cats) / to rail against / to talk nonsense
马脚 jiǎo sth one wishes to conceal / the cat (as in "let the cat out of the bag")


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