这种动物以草为食。

These animals feed on grass.

Source: Tatoeba

Sentence Composition

1 这种 zhèzhǒng this kind of
2 动物 dòngwù animal

classifiers: 隻, 群, 個
=3 以 yǐ old variant of 以 yǐ
=3 以 yǐ old variant of 以 yǐ
=3 以 Yǐ abbr. for Israel 以色列 Yǐsèliè
=3 以 yǐ
  1. to use
  2. by means of
  3. according to
  4. in order to
  5. because of
  6. at (a certain date or place)
=4 草 cǎo variant of 草 cǎo
=4 草 cǎo
  1. grass
  2. straw
  3. manuscript
  4. draft (of a document)
  5. careless
  6. rough

classifiers: 棵, 撮, 株, 根
=4 草 cào variant of 肏 cào
=5 为 wéi
  1. as (in the capacity of)
  2. to take sth as
  3. to act as
  4. to serve as
  5. to behave as
  6. to become
  7. to be
  8. to do
  9. by (in the passive voice)
=5 为 wèi
  1. because of
  2. for
  3. to
=5 为 wéi variant of 为 wéi
=5 为 wèi variant of 为 wèi
=6 食 shí
  1. to eat
  2. food
  3. animal feed
  4. eclipse
=6 食 sì to feed (a person or animal)