某些动物烦躁不安, 可能是地震临震前的预兆。

Agitated activity by certain animals may be a sign of an impending earthquake.

Source: Tatoeba

Sentence Composition

1 某些 mǒuxiē some; certain (things)
2 动物 dòngwù animal

classifiers: 隻, 群, 個
3 烦躁不安 fánzàobù'ān to be jittery; to be fidgety; to be fretful
4 可能 kěnéng
  1. might (happen)
  2. possible
  3. probable
  4. possibility
  5. probability
  6. maybe
  7. perhaps

classifier: 個
=5 是 shì
  1. to be (followed by substantives only)
  2. correct; right; true
  3. (respectful acknowledgement of a command) very well
  4. (adverb for emphatic assertion)
=5 是 shì variant of 是 shì
6 地震 dìzhèn earthquake
7 临 lín
  1. to face
  2. to overlook
  3. to arrive
  4. to be (just) about to
  5. just before
=8 震 zhèn
  1. to shake
  2. to vibrate
  3. to jolt
  4. to quake
  5. excited
  6. shocked
  7. one of the Eight Trigrams 八卦 bāguà, symbolizing thunder
  8. ☳
=8 震 shēn alternative form of 娠 (shēn, “to be pregnant”)
9 前 qián
  1. front
  2. forward
  3. ahead
  4. first
  5. top (followed by a number)
  6. future
  7. ago
  8. before
  9. BC (e.g. 前293年)
  10. former
  11. formerly
=10 的 de
  1. of; ~'s (possessive particle)
  2. (used after an attribute when it modifies a noun)
  3. (used at the end of a declarative sentence for emphasis)
  4. (used after a noun, verb or adjective to form a nominal expression, as in 皮革的 pígéde "one made of leather" or 跑堂兒的 pǎotángrde "a waiter (literally, one who runs back and forth in a restaurant)" or 新的 xīnde "new one")
  5. also pr. dì or di in poetry and songs
=10 的 dī a taxi; a cab (abbr. for 的士 dīshì)
=10 的 dí really and truly
=10 的 dì (bound form) bull's-eye; target
11 预兆 yùzhào
  1. omen
  2. sign (of sth yet to occur)
  3. prior indication
  4. to foreshadow