只 隻 zhī classifier for birds and certain animals, one of a pair, some utensils, vessels etc syn 口 kǒu mouth / classifier for things with mouths (people, domestic animals, cannons, wells etc) / classifier for bites or mouthfuls syn 厉害 厲害 lì hai (used to describe sb or sth that makes a very strong impression, whether favorable or unfavorable) terrible / intense / severe / devastating / amazing / awesome / outstanding / (of a person) stern / strict / harsh / shrewd / tough / (of an animal) fierce / (of a resemblance) striking / (of liquor or chili pepper) strong / (of bacteria) virulent syn 激烈 jī liè (of competition or fighting) intense / fierce / (of pain) acute / (of an expression of opinion) impassioned / vehement / (of a course of action) drastic / extreme syn 禽兽 禽獸 qín shòu birds and animals / creature / beast (brutal person) syn 养活 養活 yǎng huo to provide for / to keep (animals, a family etc) / to raise animals / to feed and clothe / support / the necessities of life / to give birth syn 叫声 叫聲 jiào shēng yelling (sound made by person) / barking / braying / roaring (sound made by animals) syn 分娩 fēn miǎn to give birth to a baby / (of animals) to give birth to young syn 满怀 滿懷 mǎn huái to have one's heart filled with / (to collide) full on / (of farm animals) heavy with young syn 收容所 shōu róng suǒ temporary shelter / hospice / refuge (e.g. for animals) / detention center 交配 jiāo pèi mating / copulation (esp. of animals) syn 猛虎 měng hǔ fierce tiger 猛烈 měng liè fierce / violent / vigorous / intense syn 勇猛 yǒng měng bold and powerful / brave and fierce syn 剧烈 劇烈 jù liè violent / acute / severe / fierce syn 穴居 xué jū to live in a cave / (of animals) to be of burrowing habit 凶猛 兇猛 xiōng měng fierce / violent / ferocious syn 牲口 shēng kou animals used for their physical strength (mules, oxen etc) / beast of burden syn 凶狠 xiōng hěn cruel / vicious / fierce and malicious / vengeful syn 高等 gāo děng high-level / higher (animals, education etc) / advanced (math etc) syn 捕猎 捕獵 bǔ liè to catch (wild animals) / to hunt syn 猛兽 猛獸 měng shòu ferocious beast / fierce animal syn 凶恶 凶惡 xiōng è variant of 兇惡|凶恶, fierce / ferocious / fiendish / frightening syn 排放 pái fàng to arrange in order / to emit / to discharge (exhaust gas, waste water etc) / (of animals) to ovulate / to discharge semen syn 牢笼 牢籠 láo lóng cage / trap (e.g. basket, pit or snare for catching animals) / fig. bonds (of wrong ideas) / shackles (of past misconceptions) / to trap / to shackle syn 灵性 靈性 líng xìng spiritual nature / spirituality / intelligence (esp. in animals) syn 激战 激戰 jī zhàn to fight fiercely / fierce battle syn 凶悍 兇悍 xiōng hàn violent / fierce and tough / shrewish (woman) syn 动情 動情 dòng qíng to get excited / passionate / aroused to passion / to fall in love / on heat (of animals) syn 母老虎 mǔ lǎo hǔ tigress / (fig.) fierce woman / vixen 种群 種群 zhǒng qún population (of a species) / community (of animals or plants) 野味 yě wèi game / wild animals and birds hunted for food or sport 狰狞 猙獰 zhēng níng malevolent / fierce / sinister syn 捕捞 捕撈 bǔ lāo to fish for (aquatic animals and plants) / to catch syn 恶战 惡戰 è zhàn hard fighting / fierce battle syn 恶狠狠 惡狠狠 è hěn hěn very fierce syn 养殖 養殖 yǎng zhí to raise / to breed (animals etc) syn 动植物 動植物 dòng zhí wù plants and animals / flora and fauna syn 水族 shuǐ zú collective term for aquatic animals syn 恶斗 惡鬥 è dòu hard fighting / fierce battle 短兵相接 duǎn bīng xiāng jiē lit. short-weaponed soldiery fight one another (idiom) / fierce hand-to-hand infantry combat / to fight at close quarters syn 暴烈 bào liè violent / fierce syn 猛将 猛將 měng jiàng fierce general / valiant military leader / fig. brave individual syn 龙争虎斗 龍爭虎鬥 lóng zhēng hǔ dòu lit. the dragon wars, the tiger battles (idiom) / fierce battle between giants syn 水草 shuǐ cǎo aquatic plants / water and grass (i.e. favorable foraging land for livestock or wild animals) / (Malaysia) (coll.) drinking straw 剽悍 piāo hàn swift and fierce syn 洪水猛兽 洪水猛獸 hóng shuǐ měng shòu lit. severe floods and fierce beasts (idiom) / fig. great scourges / extremely dangerous or threatening things syn 涵养 涵養 hán yǎng to cultivate (personal qualities) / (of forests etc) to support / to provide a suitable environment for the replenishment of (natural resources: groundwater, animals, plants etc) syn 哀鸣 哀鳴 āi míng (of animals, the wind etc) to make a mournful sound / whine / moan / wail syn 生肖 shēng xiào one of the twelve animals symbolic of the earthly branches 地支[di4 zhi1] / animal from the Chinese zodiac syn 畜牧 xù mù to raise animals syn 搏杀 搏殺 bó shā to fight and kill / to engage in fierce combat (also used figuratively of opposing chess players) syn 你争我夺 你爭我奪 nǐ zhēng wǒ duó lit. you fight, I snatch (idiom) / to compete fiercely offering no quarter / fierce rivalry / tug-of-war 武将 武將 wǔ jiàng general / military leader / fierce man syn 兽类 獸類 shòu lèi animals syn 多头 多頭 duō tóu many-headed / many-layered (authority) / devolved (as opposed to centralized) / pluralistic / (as classifier) number of animals / long term (finance) / long (investment) syn 横肉 橫肉 héng ròu fierce-looking 飞禽走兽 飛禽走獸 fēi qín zǒu shòu birds and animals / the beasts of the field and the birds of the air syn 混血 hùn xuè (of animals) hybrid / (of people) mixed-blood / mixed-race 家养 家養 jiā yǎng domestic (animals) / home reared 本命年 běn mìng nián year of one's birth sign, according to the cycle of 12 animals of the earthly branches 地支[di4 zhi1] 鹰派 鷹派 yīng pài hawk faction (opposite: 鴿派|鸽派[ge1 pai4], doves) / fierce and combative party / war party / warmongers 凶巴巴 xiōng bā bā harsh / savage / fierce 属相 屬相 shǔ xiàng colloquial term for 生肖[sheng1 xiao4] the animals associated with the years of a 12-year cycle syn 产仔 產仔 chǎn zǐ to give birth (animals) / to bear a litter 六畜 liù chù six domestic animals, namely: pig, cow, sheep, horse, chicken and dog syn 四不像 sì bù xiàng common name for 麋鹿[mi2 lu4], Père David's deer (Elaphurus davidianus), which is said to resemble an amalgam of animals such as a cow, deer, donkey and horse / an odd mixture of disparate elements / hodgepodge / farrago 色厉内荏 色厲內荏 sè lì nèi rěn lit. show strength while weak inside (idiom) / appearing fierce while cowardly at heart / a sheep in wolf's clothing 养 養 yǎng to raise (animals) / to bring up (children) / to keep (pets) / to support / to give birth syn 鱼 魚 yú fish (CL:條|条[tiao2],尾[wei3]) / used in the names of various aquatic animals that are not fish (including abalone 鮑魚|鲍鱼[bao4yu2], alligators and crocodiles 鱷魚|鳄鱼[e4yu2] and octopi 章魚|章鱼[zhang1yu2]) syn 毒 dú poison / to poison / poisonous / malicious / cruel / fierce / narcotics syn 母 mǔ mother / elderly female relative / origin / source / (of animals) female syn 牢 láo firm / sturdy / fold (for animals) / sacrifice / prison syn 恶 惡 è evil / fierce / vicious / ugly / coarse / to harm syn 凶 xiōng vicious / fierce / ominous / inauspicious / famine / variant of 兇|凶[xiong1] syn 宰 zǎi to slaughter / to butcher / to kill (animals etc) / (coll.) to fleece / to rip off / to overcharge / (bound form) to govern / to rule / (bound form) (a title for certain government officials in ancient China) syn 仔 zǐ (bound form) (of domestic animals or fowl) young / (bound form) fine / detailed syn 猛 měng ferocious / fierce / violent / brave / suddenly / abrupt / (slang) awesome syn 狠 hěn ruthless / fierce / ferocious / determined / resolute / to harden (one's heart) / old variant of 很[hen3] syn 属 屬 shǔ category / genus (taxonomy) / family members / dependents / to belong to / subordinate to / affiliated with / be born in the year of (one of the 12 animals) / to be / to prove to be / to constitute syn 激 jī to arouse / to incite / to excite / to stimulate / sharp / fierce / violent syn 骚 騷 sāo (bound form) to disturb / to disrupt / flirty / coquettish / abbr. for 離騷|离骚[Li2 Sao1] / (literary) literary writings / poetry / foul-smelling (variant of 臊[sao1]) / (dialect) (of certain domestic animals) male syn 畜 xù to raise (animals) syn 饮 飲 yìn to give (animals) water to drink syn 烈 liè ardent / intense / fierce / stern / upright / to give one's life for a noble cause / exploits / achievements syn 鸣 鳴 míng to cry (of birds, animals and insects) / to make a sound / to voice (one's gratitude, grievance etc) syn 屠 tú to slaughter (animals for food) / to massacre syn 苑 yuàn (literary) enclosed area for growing trees, keeping animals etc / imperial garden / park / (literary) center (of arts, literature etc) syn 活物 huó wù living animals 哮 xiāo pant / roar / bark (of animals) 哮 xiào pant / roar / bark (of animals) / Taiwan pr. [xiao1] 两栖动物 兩棲動物 liǎng qī dòng wù amphibian / amphibious animals 禽 qín (bound form) birds / fowl / (literary) birds and animals / old variant of 擒[qin2] syn 秧 yāng sapling / seedling / sprout / (esp.) rice seedling / stem / stalk / vine / baby livestock / fry / (dialect) to raise / to cultivate (plants or animals) syn 啸 嘯 xiào (of people) to whistle / (of birds and animals) to screech / to howl / to roar syn 狞 獰 níng fierce-looking 倌 guān keeper of domestic animals / herdsman / (old) hired hand in certain trade syn 恶浪 惡浪 è làng violent wave / fierce billow / fig. depraved force 交尾 jiāo wěi to copulate (of animals) / to mate syn 