杀害大象、老虎等濒危物种,不仅是残忍的,也是非法的。

Murdering elephants, tigers and other endangered species is not just cruel; it's also illegal.

Source: Tatoeba

Sentence Composition

1 杀害 shāhài to murder
2 大象 xiàng elephant

classifier:

3 老虎 lǎo tiger

classifier:

4 děng
  1. to wait for; to await
  2. by the time; when; till
  3. and so on; etc.; et al.
  4. (bound form) class; rank; grade
  5. (bound form) equal to; same as
  6. (used to end an enumeration)
  7. (literary) (plural suffix attached to a personal pronoun or noun)
5 濒危物种 bīnwēizhǒng endangered species
6 不仅 jǐn
  1. not just; not limited to
  2. (as a correlative conjunction) not only (..., but also ...)
=7 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)
=7 shì variant of shì
8 残忍 cánrěn
  1. cruel
  2. mean
  3. merciless
  4. ruthless
=9 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 跑堂儿的 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
=9 a taxi; a cab (abbr. for 的士 shì)
=9 really and truly
=9 (bound form) bull's-eye; target
10 也是 shì
  1. (colloquial) Used to express dissatisfaction or annoyance.
  2. (pseudoverb) to also be
  3. Used to express dissatisfaction or annoyance.
  4. that's true
  5. to also be
11 非法 fēi illegal
=12 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 跑堂儿的 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
=12 a taxi; a cab (abbr. for 的士 shì)
=12 really and truly
=12 (bound form) bull's-eye; target