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 马脚 馬腳 mǎ jiǎo sth one wishes to conceal / the cat (as in "let the cat out of the bag") syn 家猫 家貓 jiā māo domestic cat / house cat 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 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 布娃娃系统 布娃娃系統 bù wá wá xì tǒng ragdoll 培养 培養 péi yǎng to cultivate / to breed / to foster / to nurture / to educate / to groom (for a position) / education / fostering / culture (biology) syn 品种 品種 pǐn zhǒng breed / variety / CL:個|个[ge4] syn 培育 péi yù to train / to breed syn 养殖 養殖 yǎng zhí to raise / to breed (animals etc) syn 繁殖 fán zhí to breed / to reproduce / to propagate syn 良种 良種 liáng zhǒng improved type / good breed / pedigree 滋生 zī shēng to breed / to flourish / to cause / to provoke / to create syn 繁育 fán yù to breed syn 育种 育種 yù zhǒng to breed / breeding 杂种 雜種 zá zhǒng hybrid / mixed breed / bastard / son of a bitch syn 放养 放養 fàng yǎng to raise (livestock or poultry) in an open environment / to breed (fish, bees, silkworms etc) in a suitable environment / to culture (kelp etc) / to release (a captive animal) into the wild syn 配种 配種 pèi zhǒng to breed / mating syn 孳生 zī shēng to breed / to multiply 斑点狗 斑點狗 bān diǎn gǒu Dalmatian (dog breed) 原种 原種 yuán zhǒng land race / native breed 巴哥 bā gē pug (breed of dog) 博美犬 bó měi quǎn Pomeranian (dog breed) 沙皮狗 shā pí gǒu Chinese shar-pei (dog breed) 松狮犬 鬆獅犬 sōng shī quǎn Chow Chow (dog breed) 欢 驩 huān a breed of horse / variant of 歡|欢[huan1] syn 西施犬 xī shī quǎn shih tzu (dog breed) 柴犬 chái quǎn shiba inu (Japanese dog breed) 杜宾犬 杜賓犬 dù bīn quǎn Doberman (dog breed) 金毛犬 jīn máo quǎn golden retriever (dog breed) 牧 mù to herd / to breed livestock / to govern (old) / government official (old) syn 八哥狗 bā gē gǒu pug (breed of dog) 公畜 gōng chù stud / male animal kept to breed offspring 坯件 pī jiàn blank (for a coin etc) / breed or strain 拉布拉多 lā bù lā duō Labrador, Canada / Labrador (a breed of dog) 混种 混種 hùn zhǒng hybrid / mixed-breed 犬种 犬種 quǎn zhǒng dog breed 獒犬 áo quǎn mastiff (dog breed) 美利奴羊 měi lì nú yáng merino (breed of sheep) 农作物品种 農作物品種 nóng zuò wù pǐn zhǒng (farm) crop variety (or breed) 金毛狗 jīn máo gǒu golden retriever (dog breed) / Cibotium barometz, Asian tropical tree fern with hairy fronds (used in TCM) 巴哥犬 bā gē quǎn pug (breed of dog) 原种养护 原種養護 land race conservation / native breed conservation 台湾土狗 臺灣土狗 tái wān tǔ gǒu Formosan mountain dog, a breed native to Taiwan 大白熊犬 dà bái xióng quǎn Great Pyrenees (dog breed) 大麦町 大麥町 dà mài tǐng Dalmatian (dog breed) 京巴狗 jīng bā gǒu Pekingese (dog breed) 罗威纳犬 羅威納犬 luó wēi nà quǎn Rottweiler (dog breed) 边牧 邊牧 biān mù border collie (dog breed) 安格斯牛 ān gé sī niú Angus, Scottish breed of beef cattle 大丹犬 dà dān quǎn Great Dane (dog breed) 保种 保種 bǎo zhǒng (agriculture) to preserve a plant variety or animal breed / (conservation) to conserve a wild species or population 呼噜 呼嚕 hū lū (onom.) sound of snoring, wheezing or (cat's) purring syn 山猫 山貓 shān māo lynx / bobcat / leopard cat syn 野猫 野貓 yě māo wildcat / stray cat syn 波斯猫 波斯貓 bō sī māo Persian (cat) 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 狸猫 狸貓 lí māo leopard cat / raccoon dog / palm civet syn 飞贼 飛賊 fēi zéi cat burglar / burglar who gains entrance by scaling walls / intruding enemy airman / air marauder syn 灵猫 靈貓 líng māo civet (arboreal cat) / viverrid (mammal group including mongoose and civet) 石虎 shí hǔ leopard cat (Prionailurus bengalensis) / sculpted stone tiger installed at the tomb of revered figures in ancient times to ward off evil spirits 猫砂 貓砂 māo shā cat litter 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 猫 貓 māo cat (CL:隻|只[zhi1]) / (dialect) to hide oneself / (loanword) (coll.) modem 咪 mī sound for calling a cat 喵 miāo (onom.) meow / cat's mewing syn 貍 lí wild cat 譁 huá variant of 嘩|哗, cat-calling sound / clamor / noise 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 第五类 第五類 dì wǔ lèi category 5 / CAT 5 (cable) 虥 zhàn striped wild cat 豹猫 豹貓 bào māo leopard cat (Prionailurus bengalensis) syn 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. 狸子 lí zi leopard cat syn 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 