野猫 野貓 yě māo wildcat / stray cat syn 露馅 露餡 lòu xiàn to leak / to expose (sb's secret) / to spill the beans / to let the cat out of the bag 豹子 bào zi leopard / CL:頭|头[tou2] syn 马脚 馬腳 mǎ jiǎo sth one wishes to conceal / the cat (as in "let the cat out of the bag") syn 飞贼 飛賊 fēi zéi cat burglar / burglar who gains entrance by scaling walls / intruding enemy airman / air marauder syn 波斯猫 波斯貓 bō sī māo Persian (cat) 灵猫 靈貓 líng māo civet (arboreal cat) / viverrid (mammal group including mongoose and civet) 雪豹 xuě bào snow leopard 一斑 yī bān lit. one spot (on the leopard) / fig. one small item in a big scheme 金钱豹 金錢豹 jīn qián bào leopard syn 呼噜 呼嚕 hū lū (onom.) sound of snoring, wheezing or (cat's) purring syn 家猫 家貓 jiā māo domestic cat / house cat 云豹 雲豹 yún bào clouded leopard (Neofelis nebulosa) 招财猫 招財貓 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 猫 貓 māo cat (CL:隻|只[zhi1]) / (dialect) to hide oneself / (loanword) (coll.) modem 咪 mī sound for calling a cat 豹 bào leopard / panther syn 喵 miāo (onom.) meow / cat's mewing syn 猫砂 貓砂 māo shā cat litter 射干 shè gān blackberry lily (Belamcanda chinensis) / leopard lily 照猫画虎 照貓畫虎 zhào māo huà hǔ 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 syn 管中窥豹 管中窺豹 guǎn zhōng kuī bào lit. to see a leopard through a narrow tube (idiom) / fig. to miss the big picture syn 貍 lí wild cat 譁 huá variant of 嘩|哗, cat-calling sound / clamor / noise 本性难移 本性難移 běn xìng nán yí It is hard to change one's essential nature (idiom). You can't change who you are. / Can the leopard change his spots? (Jeremiah 13:23) 略见一斑 略見一斑 lüè jiàn yī bān lit. to glimpse just one spot (of the leopard) (idiom) / fig. to get an inkling of the whole picture syn 窥豹一斑 窺豹一斑 kuī bào yī bān lit. see one spot on a leopard (idiom) / fig. a restricted view syn 泄漏天机 泄漏天機 xiè lòu tiān jī to divulge the will of heaven (idiom) / to leak a secret / to let the cat out of the bag 泄露天机 泄露天機 xiè lù tiān jī to divulge the will of heaven (idiom) / to leak a secret / to let the cat out of the bag 漏泄天机 漏洩天機 lòu xiè tiān jī to divulge the will of heaven (idiom) / to leak a secret / to let the cat out of the bag 火中取栗 huǒ zhōng qǔ lì lit. to pull chestnuts out of the fire (idiom) / fig. to be sb's cat's-paw 热锅上的蚂蚁 熱鍋上的螞蟻 rè guō shang de mǎ yǐ (like) a cat on a hot tin roof / anxious / agitated 豹纹 豹紋 bào wén leopard pattern / leopard print 三毛猫 三毛貓 sān máo māo tortoiseshell cat / calico cat 猫抓病 貓抓病 māo zhuā bìng cat scratch disease / cat scratch fever 不管白猫黑猫，捉住老鼠就是好猫 不管白貓黑貓，捉住老鼠就是好貓 bù guǎn bái māo hēi māo , zhuō zhù lǎo shǔ jiù shì hǎo māo it doesn't matter whether a cat is white or black / as long as it catches mice it's a good cat (variant of a Sichuanese saying used in a speech by Deng Xiaoping 鄧小平|邓小平[Deng4 Xiao3 ping2] in 1962, usually associated with his economic reforms starting in 1978, in which pragmatism was favored over ideological purity) 花猫 花貓 huā māo tabby cat / calico cat 猫门 貓門 māo mén cat door / cat flap 串串 chuàn chuàn (coll.) skewers / barbecued food on sticks / (in Sichuan) Sichuan-style hotpot skewers (abbr. for 串串香[chuan4 chuan4 xiang1]) / (coll.) non-pedigree pet (esp. dog or cat) / mutt / mixed-breed cat 远东豹 遠東豹 yuǎn dōng bào Amur leopard (Panthera pardus orientalis) 江山易改，本性难移 江山易改，本性難移 jiāng shān yì gǎi , běn xìng nán yí it is easier to change mountains and rivers than to alter one's character (idiom) / you can't change who you are / Can the leopard change his spots? 窥豹 窺豹 kuī bào lit. to see one spot on a leopard / fig. a restricted view 花豹 huā bào leopard / CL:隻|只[zhi1] 豹拳 bào quán Bao Quan - "Leopard Fist" - Martial Art 雪山狮子旗 雪山獅子旗 xuě shān shī zi qí Snow lion banner, banned flag of Tibetan independence movement, featuring mythological Snow Leopard 吃熊心豹子胆 吃熊心豹子膽 chī xióng xīn bào zi dǎn to eat bear heart and leopard gall (idiom) / to pluck up some courage 第五类 第五類 dì wǔ lèi category 5 / CAT 5 (cable) 虥 zhàn striped wild cat 三色猫 三色貓 sān sè māo calico cat 公猫 公貓 gōng māo male cat / tomcat 加菲猫 加菲貓 jiā fēi māo Garfield (comic strip cat created by Jim Davis) 好奇会吃苦头的 好奇會吃苦頭的 hào qí huì chī kǔ tou de Curiosity killed the cat. 玩猫和老鼠的游戏 玩貓和老鼠的遊戲 wán māo hé lǎo shǔ de yóu xì to play a cat and mouse game 猫哭老鼠 貓哭老鼠 māo kū lǎo shǔ the cat weeps for the dead mouse (idiom) / hypocritical pretence of condolence / crocodile tears syn 猫哭耗子 貓哭耗子 māo kū hào zi the cat weeps for the dead mouse (idiom) / hypocritical pretence of condolence / crocodile tears 猫沙 貓沙 māo shā cat litter / kitty litter 猫科 貓科 māo kē Felidae (the cat family) 猫鼠游戏 貓鼠遊戲 māo shǔ yóu xì cat and mouse game 野生猫 野生貓 yě shēng māo wild cat 阿瑟镇 阿瑟鎮 ā sè zhèn Arthur's Town, Cat Island, The Bahamas 雄猫 雄貓 xióng māo male cat, usually 公貓|公猫[gong1 mao1] 灵猫类 靈貓類 líng māo lèi a civet (arboreal cat) / viverrid (mammal group including mongoose and civet) 兔狲 兔猻 tù sūn Pallas's cat (Otocolobus manul) 猫步 貓步 māo bù cat-like gait / sashaying gait of a catwalk model 计算机辅助翻译工具 計算机輔助翻譯工具 jì suàn jī fǔ zhù fān yì gōng jù computer-assisted translation tools / CAT tools CAT工具 cātgong jù computer-assisted translation tools / CAT tools 懒猫 懶貓 lǎn māo drowsy or slow-moving cat / (fig.) a lazybones 电脑断层扫描 電腦斷層掃描 diàn nǎo duàn céng sǎo miáo CAT scan / CT scan 喵星人 miāo xīng rén cat (Internet slang) 椰子猫 椰子貓 yē zi māo Asian palm civet (Paradoxurus hermaphroditus), also called toddy cat 毛孩子 máo hái zi child / kid / (slang) furry pet (such as a dog or cat) syn 不要在一棵树上吊死 不要在一棵樹上吊死 bù yào zài yī kē shù shàng diào sǐ don't insist on only taking one road to Rome (idiom) / there's more than one way to skin a cat 瞎猫碰上死耗子 瞎貓碰上死耗子 xiā māo pèng shàng sǐ hào zi a blind cat finds a dead mouse (idiom) / blind luck 布偶猫 布偶貓 bù ǒu māo ragdoll (cat breed) 猫奴 貓奴 māo nú cat owner (neologism c. 2013, jocular) 猫咖 貓咖 māo kā cat café 猫粮 貓糧 māo liáng cat food 去爪 qù zhuǎ to declaw (a cat etc) / (food preparation) to remove claws, pincer legs or similar hard tips 