狮子是万兽之王。

The lion is the king of beasts.

The lion is the king of the beasts.

Source: Tatoeba

Sentence Composition

=1 狮子 Shīzǐ
  1. Leo (star sign)
  2. Shihtzu township in Pingtung County 屏东县 Píngdōng Xiàn, Taiwan
=1 狮子 shīzi lion

classifiers: 隻, 頭
=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 万 mò used in 万俟 Mòqí
=3 万 Wàn surname Wan
=3 万 wàn
  1. ten thousand
  2. a great number
4 兽 shòu
  1. beast
  2. animal
  3. beastly
  4. bestial
5 之 zhī
  1. (possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的 de)
  2. him
  3. her
  4. it
=6 王 Wáng surname Wang
=6 王 wáng
  1. king or monarch
  2. best or strongest of its type
  3. grand
  4. great
=6 王 wàng (literary) (of a monarch) to reign over (a kingdom)