对动物来说这不是什么残酷的事情。
When it comes to animals, this can't be considered as being something cruel.
Source:
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Sentence Composition
| 1 | 对 | duì |
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| 2 | 动物 | dòngwù | animal |
| 3 | 来说 | láishuō | concerning; about |
| =4 | 这不 | zhèbu | (coll.) As a matter of fact, ... (used to introduce evidence for what one has just asserted) |
| =4 | 这不 | zhèbù | connects two clauses, emphasising how the following clause substantiates the preceding clause |
| =5 | 是 | shì |
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| =5 | 是 | shì | variant of 是 shì |
| 6 | 什么 | shénme |
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| 7 | 残酷 | cánkù |
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| =8 | 的 | de |
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| =8 | 的 | dī | a taxi; a cab (abbr. for 的士 dīshì) |
| =8 | 的 | dí | really and truly |
| =8 | 的 | dì | (bound form) bull's-eye; target |
| 9 | 事情 | shìqing | affair; matter; thing; business |