"to prey on" Chinese-English Dictionary

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Chinese Pinyin Translation Actions
捕食 bǔ shí to prey on / to catch and feed on / to hunt for food
掠食 lüè shí to prey on / predation / predatory
Chinese Pinyin Translation Actions
猎物 獵物 liè wù prey / quarry
老鹰 老鷹 lǎo yīng (coll.) eagle / hawk / any similar bird of prey syn
咆哮 páo xiào (of beasts of prey, torrents of water, a person in a rage etc) to roar syn
搏击 搏擊 bó jī to fight, esp. with hands / wrestling (as a sport) / to wrestle / to wrestle (against fate, with a problem etc) / to capture prey syn
猛禽 měng qín bird of prey syn
虎视眈眈 虎視眈眈 hǔ shì dān dān to glare like a tiger watching his prey (idiom) / to eye covetously syn
血口 xuè kǒu bloody mouth (from devouring freshly killed prey)
合围 合圍 hé wéi to surround / to close in around (one's enemy, prey etc) syn
diāo bird of prey syn
弱肉强食 弱肉強食 ruò ròu qiáng shí lit. the weak are prey to the strong (idiom) / fig. the law of the jungle
饿虎扑食 餓虎撲食 è hǔ pū shí like a hungry tiger pouncing on its prey
zhì fierce / brutal / bird of prey
鱼肉百姓 魚肉百姓 yú ròu bǎi xìng to prey on the people
大鹏鸟 大鵬鳥 dà péng niǎo roc (mythical bird of prey)
血盆大口 xuè pén dà kǒu bloody mouth wide open like a sacrificial bowl (idiom) / ferocious mouth of beast of prey / fig. greedy exploiter / rapacious aggressor
鹏鸟 鵬鳥 péng niǎo roc (mythical bird of prey) / great talent
扑袭 撲襲 pū xí (of an animal) to pounce (on its prey) / (of extreme weather conditions) to hit (a city, province etc)
瓮中捉鳖 甕中捉鱉 wèng zhōng - zhuō biē lit. to catch a turtle in a jar (idiom) / fig. to go after easy prey syn
虎视眈眈 虎視眈眈 hǔ shì - dān dān lit. to fix one's eyes on sth like a tiger watching its prey (idiom) / fig. to eye covetously syn
The four tones The four tones of Mandarin Pitch over time: tone 1 high and level (red), tone 2 rising (orange), tone 3 falling then rising (green), tone 4 falling (blue). tone 1 tone 2 tone 3 tone 4 Time Pitch

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