老鼠是胆小的生物。

A mouse is a timid creature.

Source: Tatoeba

Sentence Composition

1 老鼠 lǎoshǔ
  1. (archaic dialectal, Guilin Mandarin) bat (animal)
  2. (countable) mouse and rat in general (Classifier: 隻／只 m c h)
  3. bat (animal)
  4. cunning, deceitful person
  5. mouse and rat in general (Classifier: 隻／只 m c h)

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 胆小 dǎnxiǎo
  1. cowardice
  2. timid
=4 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 跑堂儿的 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
=4 的 dī a taxi; a cab (abbr. for 的士 dīshì)
=4 的 dí really and truly
=4 的 dì (bound form) bull's-eye; target
5 生物 shēngwù
  1. organism
  2. living creature
  3. life form
  4. biological

classifier: 個