老虎是一种非常凶猛的动物。

A tiger is a very ferocious kind of animal.

Source: Tatoeba

Sentence Composition

1 老虎 lǎohǔ tiger

classifier: 隻
=2 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)
=2 是 shì variant of 是 shì
3 一种 yīzhǒng one kind of; one type of
4 非常 fēicháng
  1. very; really
  2. unusual; extraordinary
5 凶猛 xiōngměng
  1. fierce
  2. violent
  3. ferocious
=6 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
=6 的 dī a taxi; a cab (abbr. for 的士 dīshì)
=6 的 dí really and truly
=6 的 dì (bound form) bull's-eye; target
7 动物 dòngwù animal

classifiers: 隻, 群, 個