雖然公山羊羔經常因為無法產奶而被淘汰,但有時牠們會被閹割,並作為「閹羊」留在羊群中。這種脖子上掛著鈴鐺的「領頭羊」通常是羊群的領袖。

Although the male goat kids are often culled because they will never produce milk, they are sometimes castrated instead and allowed to remain in the herd as a "wether". With a bell around its neck, such a "bellwether" is usually the leader for the rest of the herd.

Source: Tatoeba

Sentence Composition

1 雖然 suīrán although; even though (often used correlatively with 可是 shì or 但是 dànshì etc)
2 gōng
  1. public
  2. collectively owned
  3. common
  4. international (e.g. high seas, metric system, calendar)
  5. make public
  6. fair
  7. just
  8. Duke, highest of five orders of nobility 五等爵位 děngjuéwèi
  9. honorable (gentlemen)
  10. father-in-law
  11. male (animal)
3 山羊 shānyáng
  1. goat
  2. (gymnastics) small-sized vaulting horse
4 gāo lamb
5 經常 jīngcháng
  1. frequently; constantly; regularly; often
  2. day-to-day; everyday; daily
6 因為 yīnwèi
  1. because
  2. owing to
  3. on account of
7 無法 unable to; incapable of
8 chǎn
  1. to give birth
  2. to reproduce
  3. to produce
  4. product
  5. resource
  6. estate
  7. property
=9 nǎi
  1. breast
  2. milk
  3. to breastfeed
=9 nǎi variant of nǎi
=9 nǎi
  1. mother
  2. variant of nǎi
10 ér
  1. and
  2. as well as
  3. and so
  4. but (not)
  5. yet (not)
  6. (indicates causal relation)
  7. (indicates change of state)
  8. (indicates contrast)
=11 bèi
  1. quilt
  2. to cover (with)
  3. (literary) to suffer (a misfortune)
  4. used to indicate passive voice (placed before the doer of the action like "by" in English passive-voice sentences, or, if the doer is not mentioned, before the verb)
  5. (since c. 2009) (sarcastic or jocular) used to indicate that the following word should be regarded as being in air quotes (as in 被旅遊 bèilu:yóu to "go on a trip")
=11
  1. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) alternative form of (“to cover oneself; to scatter”)
  2. alternative form of (“to cover oneself; to scatter”)
=11
  1. alternative form of (bǐ, “that”)
  2. alternative form of (bì, “wig”)
=11 alternative form of
12 淘汰 táotài
  1. to wash out
  2. (fig.) to cull
  3. to weed out
  4. to eliminate
  5. to die out
  6. to phase out
13 但有 dànyǒu
  1. (archaic) all
  2. all
=14 Shí surname Shi
=14 shí
  1. o'clock
  2. time
  3. when
  4. hour
  5. season
  6. period
15 牠們 tāmen
  1. (animal) they; them
  2. they; them
=16 huì
  1. can; to have the skill; to know how to
  2. to be likely to; to be sure to
  3. to meet; to get together
  4. meeting; gathering
  5. (suffix) union; group; association
  6. (bound form) a moment (Taiwan pr. huǐ)
=16 kuài (bound form) to reckon accounts
=16 kuò only used in 會撮会撮
=17 bèi
  1. quilt
  2. to cover (with)
  3. (literary) to suffer (a misfortune)
  4. used to indicate passive voice (placed before the doer of the action like "by" in English passive-voice sentences, or, if the doer is not mentioned, before the verb)
  5. (since c. 2009) (sarcastic or jocular) used to indicate that the following word should be regarded as being in air quotes (as in 被旅遊 bèilu:yóu to "go on a trip")
=17
  1. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) alternative form of (“to cover oneself; to scatter”)
  2. alternative form of (“to cover oneself; to scatter”)
=17
  1. alternative form of (bǐ, “that”)
  2. alternative form of (bì, “wig”)
=17 alternative form of
18 閹割 yān
  1. to castrate
  2. fig. to emasculate
=19 bìng
  1. and
  2. furthermore
  3. also
  4. together with
  5. (not) at all
  6. simultaneously
  7. to combine
  8. to join
  9. to merge
=19 bàng
  1. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) alternative form of (“to be near; approaching”)
  2. alternative form of (“to be near; approaching”)
20 作為 zuòwéi
  1. one's conduct
  2. deed
  3. activity
  4. accomplishment
  5. achievement
  6. to act as
  7. as (in the capacity of)
  8. qua
  9. to view as
  10. to look upon (sth as)
  11. to take sth to be
21 yān
  1. to castrate
  2. a castrate
  3. neuter
=22 Yáng surname Yang
=22 yáng sheep; goat

classifiers: ,

=23 liú old variant of liú
=23 liú
  1. to leave (a message etc)
  2. to retain
  3. to stay
  4. to remain
  5. to keep
  6. to preserve
=23 liú old variant of liú
=23 liù
  1. (archaic) to wait; to await
  2. to wait; to await
=23 Liǔ Alternative name for (mǎo).
24 zài
  1. to exist; to be alive
  2. (of sb or sth) to be (located) at
  3. (used before a verb to indicate an action in progress)
25 羊群 yángqún flock of sheep
=26 Zhōng
  1. (bound form) China; Chinese
  2. surname Zhong
=26 zhōng
  1. within; among; in
  2. middle; center
  3. while (doing sth); during
  4. (dialect) OK; all right
=26 zhòng
  1. to hit (a target)
  2. to be struck by (a bullet, illness etc)
  3. to win (a prize or lottery)
27 這種 zhèzhǒng this kind of
28 脖子 zi neck

classifier:

=29 shǎng used in 上聲 shǎngshēng
=29 shàng
  1. (bound form) up; upper; above; previous
  2. first (of multiple parts)
  3. to climb; to get onto; to go up
  4. to attend (class or university)
  5. (directional complement) up
  6. (noun suffix) on; above
30 guà
  1. to hang; to suspend (from a hook etc)
  2. to hang up (the phone)
  3. (of a line) to be dead
  4. to be worried; to be concerned
  5. (dialect) to make a phone call
  6. to register (at a hospital); to make an appointment (with a doctor)
  7. (slang) to kill; to die; to be finished; to fail (an exam)
  8. classifier for sets or clusters of objects
=31 zhāo
  1. a move in chess (Taiwan pr. zhuó)
  2. trick; tactic
  3. (dialect) okay; all right
  4. (dialect) to put in; to add
=31 zháo
  1. to touch
  2. to come in contact with
  3. to feel
  4. to be affected by
  5. to catch fire
  6. to burn
  7. (coll.) to fall asleep
  8. (after a verb) hitting the mark
  9. succeeding in
=31 zhe aspect particle indicating action in progress or ongoing state
=31 zhuó
  1. to wear (clothes)
  2. to contact
  3. to use
  4. to apply
=31 zhù
  1. to make known
  2. to show
  3. to prove
  4. to write
  5. book
  6. outstanding
32 鈴鐺 língdang little bell

classifier:

=33 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 de "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. or di in poetry and songs
=33 a taxi; a cab (abbr. for 的士 shì)
=33 really and truly
=33 (bound form) bull's-eye; target
34 領頭羊 lǐngtóuyáng bellwether
35 通常 tōngcháng
  1. regular; usual; normal
  2. usually; normally
=36 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)
=36 shì variant of shì
37 羊群 yángqún flock of sheep
=38 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 de "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. or di in poetry and songs
=38 a taxi; a cab (abbr. for 的士 shì)
=38 really and truly
=38 (bound form) bull's-eye; target
39 領袖 lǐngxiù leader