猫 cat / CL:隻|只[zhi1] / (dialect) to hide oneself / (coll.) modem 马 脚 mǎ jiǎo sth one wishes to conceal / the cat (as in "let the cat out of the bag") 喵 星 人 miāo xīng rén cat (Internet slang) 山 猫 shān māo lynx / bobcat / leopard cat 野 猫 yě māo wildcat / stray cat 露 馅 lòu xiàn to leak / to expose (sb's secret) / to spill the beans / to let the cat out of the bag 狸 猫 lí māo leopard cat / raccoon dog / palm civet 飞 贼 fēi zéi cat burglar / burglar who gains entrance by scaling walls / intruding enemy airman / air marauder 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 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 照 猫 画 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 咪 sound for calling a cat 貍 wild cat 泄 漏 天 机 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 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 lòu xiè tiān jī to divulge the will of heaven (idiom) / to leak a secret / to let the cat out of the bag 热 锅 上 的 蚂 蚁 rè guō shang de mǎ yǐ (like) a cat on a hot tin roof / anxious / agitated 狸 子 lí zi leopard cat 第 五 类 dì wǔ lèi category 5 / CAT 5 (cable) 虥 striped wild cat 豹 猫 bào māo leopard cat (Prionailurus bengalensis) 三 毛 猫 sān máo māo tortoiseshell cat / calico cat 三 色 猫 sān sè māo calico cat 公 猫 gōng māo male cat / tomcat 加 菲 猫 Jiā fēi māo Garfield (comic strip cat created by Jim Davis) 好 奇 会 吃 苦 头 的 hào qí huì chī kǔ tou de Curiosity killed the cat. 玩 猫 和 老 鼠 的 游 戏 wán māo hé lǎo shǔ de yóu xì to play a cat and mouse game 猫 哭 老 鼠 māo kū lǎo shǔ the cat weeps for the dead mouse (idiom) / hypocritical pretence of condolence / crocodile tears 猫 哭 耗 子 māo kū hào zi the cat weeps for the dead mouse (idiom) / hypocritical pretence of condolence / crocodile tears 猫 沙 māo shā cat litter / kitty litter 猫 科 māo kē Felidae (the cat family) 猫 鼠 游 戏 māo shǔ yóu xì cat and mouse game 野 生 猫 yě shēng māo wild cat 阿 瑟 镇 A1 sè zhèn Arthur's Town, Cat Island, The Bahamas 雄 猫 xióng māo male cat, usually 公貓|公猫[gong1 mao1] 兔 狲 tù sūn manul / Pallas's cat 计 算 机 辅 助 翻 译 工 具 jì suàn jī fǔ zhù fān yì gōng jù computer-assisted translation tools / CAT tools CAT工 具 CATgōng jù computer-assisted translation tools / CAT tools 电 脑 断 层 扫 描 diàn nǎo duàn céng sǎo miáo CAT scan / CT scan 椰 子 猫 yē zi māo Asian palm civet (Paradoxurus hermaphroditus), also called toddy cat 猫 抓 病 māo zhuā bìng cat scratch disease / cat scratch fever 不 要 在 一 棵 树 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 xiā māo pèng shàng sǐ hào zi a blind cat finds a dead mouse (idiom) / blind luck 不 管 白 猫 黑 猫 ， 捉 住 老 鼠 就 是 好 猫 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) 猫 奴 māo nú cat owner (neologism c. 2013, jocular)
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