有人说过,不论黑猫白猫,能捉到老鼠就是好猫。但是,现在一般人里很难见到老鼠了。那么,怎样的猫才是好猫呢?

Some people say, regardless of whether it is a black cat or a white cat, if it can catch mice it is a good cat. However, nowadays ordinary people rarely ever have mice. Therefore, how can a cat be a good cat?

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Sentence Composition

1 有人 yǒurén
  1. someone
  2. people
  3. anyone
  4. there is someone there
  5. occupied (as in restroom)
=2 shuì to persuade
=2 shuō
  1. to speak; to talk; to say
  2. to explain; to comment
  3. to scold; to tell off
  4. (bound form) theory; doctrine
=2 shuō variant of shuō
=3 Guō surname Guo
=3 guò
  1. to cross
  2. to go over
  3. to pass (time)
  4. to celebrate (a holiday)
  5. to live
  6. to get along
  7. excessively
  8. too-
=3 guo (experienced action marker)
4 不论 lùn
  1. whatever
  2. no matter what (who, how etc)
  3. regardless of
  4. not to discuss
5 黑猫 hēimāo black cat
=6 Bái surname Bai
=6 bái
  1. white
  2. snowy
  3. pure
  4. bright
  5. empty
  6. blank
  7. plain
  8. clear
  9. to make clear
  10. in vain
  11. gratuitous
  12. free of charge
  13. reactionary
  14. anti-communist
  15. funeral
  16. to stare coldly
  17. to write wrong character
  18. to state
  19. to explain
  20. vernacular
  21. spoken lines in opera
=7 māo
  1. (dialect) to hide oneself
  2. (loanword) (coll.) modem

classifier:

=7 máo used in 貓腰 máoyāo
=8 Néng surname Neng
=8 néng
  1. can
  2. to be able to
  3. might possibly
  4. ability
  5. (physics) energy
=8 nài
  1. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) alternative form of (“to bear; to withstand”)
  2. a surname
  3. alternative form of (“to bear; to withstand”)
=8 tái
  1. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) alternative form of (“name of a Chinese constellation”)
  2. alternative form of (“name of a Chinese constellation”)
=8 tài
  1. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) alternative form of / (tài, “bearing; apparition; form; shape; status; position”)
  2. alternative form of / (tài, “bearing; apparition; form; shape; status; position”)
=8 nái
  1. (obsolete) mythical three-legged soft-shelled turtle
  2. mythical three-legged soft-shelled turtle
=8 tāi
  1. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) only used in 能始 (tāishǐ, “origin; root cause”)
  2. only used in 能始 (tāishǐ, “origin; root cause”)
=8 xióng
  1. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) alternative form of (xióng, “bear”)
  2. alternative form of (xióng, “bear”)
9 zhuō
  1. to clutch
  2. to grab
  3. to capture
10 dào
  1. to reach; to arrive
  2. to leave for; to go to
  3. to (a place); until (a time); up to (a point)
  4. (verb complement indicating arriving at a place or reaching a point)
  5. considerate; thoughtful; thorough
11 老鼠 lǎoshǔ
  1. (archaic dialectal, Guilin Mandarin) bat (animal)
  2. (countable) mouse and rat in general (Classifier: m c h)
  3. bat (animal)
  4. cunning, deceitful person
  5. mouse and rat in general (Classifier: m c h)

classifier:

12 就是 jiùshì
  1. exactly; precisely
  2. only; simply; just
  3. (used correlatively with ) even; even if
=13 hǎo
  1. good
  2. appropriate; proper
  3. all right!
  4. (before a verb) easy to
  5. (before a verb) good to
  6. (before an adjective for exclamatory effect) so
  7. (verb complement indicating completion)
  8. (of two people) close; on intimate terms
  9. (after a personal pronoun) hello
=13 hào to be fond of; to have a tendency to; to be prone to
=14 māo
  1. (dialect) to hide oneself
  2. (loanword) (coll.) modem

classifier:

=14 máo used in 貓腰 máoyāo
15 但是 dànshì but; however
16 现在 xiànzài now; at present; currently
17 一般人 bānrén average person
=18 variant of
=18
  1. lining
  2. interior
  3. inside
  4. internal
  5. also written
=18 Li (surname)
=18
  1. li, ancient measure of length, approx. 500 m
  2. neighborhood
  3. ancient administrative unit of 25 families
  4. (Tw) borough, administrative unit between the township zhèn and neighborhood lín levels
19 hěn
  1. very; quite
  2. (also, often used before an adjective without intensifying its meaning, i.e. as a meaningless syntactic element)
=20 nán
  1. difficult (to...)
  2. problem
  3. difficulty
  4. difficult
  5. not good
=20 nàn
  1. disaster
  2. distress
  3. to scold
21 见到 jiàndào to see
22 老鼠 lǎoshǔ
  1. (archaic dialectal, Guilin Mandarin) bat (animal)
  2. (countable) mouse and rat in general (Classifier: m c h)
  3. bat (animal)
  4. cunning, deceitful person
  5. mouse and rat in general (Classifier: m c h)

classifier:

=23 le
  1. (completed action marker)
  2. (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now)
  3. (modal particle intensifying preceding clause)
=23 liǎo
  1. to finish
  2. (used with or after a verb to express (im)possibility, as in 忘不了 wàngbuliǎo "cannot forget")
  3. (literary) (usually followed by a negative such as or ) completely (not); entirely (not); (not) in the least
  4. to understand clearly (variant of liǎo)
=23 liǎo
  1. (of eyes) bright
  2. clear-sighted
  3. to understand clearly
=23 liào unofficial variant of liào
=24 那么 me
  1. like that; in that way; to that extent
  2. (before a number) ... or so; about ...
  3. then; in that case
=24 那么 me variant of 那麼 me
25 怎样 zěnyàng
  1. how
  2. what kind
=26 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
=26 a taxi; a cab (abbr. for 的士 shì)
=26 really and truly
=26 (bound form) bull's-eye; target
=27 māo
  1. (dialect) to hide oneself
  2. (loanword) (coll.) modem

classifier:

=27 máo used in 貓腰 máoyāo
=28 cái
  1. ability; talent
  2. sb of a certain type
  3. a capable individual
  4. then and only then
  5. just now
  6. (before an expression of quantity) only
=28 cái
  1. (variant of cái) just now
  2. (variant of cái) (before an expression of quantity) only
=29 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)
=29 shì variant of shì
=30 hǎo
  1. good
  2. appropriate; proper
  3. all right!
  4. (before a verb) easy to
  5. (before a verb) good to
  6. (before an adjective for exclamatory effect) so
  7. (verb complement indicating completion)
  8. (of two people) close; on intimate terms
  9. (after a personal pronoun) hello
=30 hào to be fond of; to have a tendency to; to be prone to
=31 māo
  1. (dialect) to hide oneself
  2. (loanword) (coll.) modem

classifier:

=31 máo used in 貓腰 máoyāo
=32 ne
  1. particle indicating that a previously asked question is to be applied to the preceding word ("What about ...?", "And ...?")
  2. particle for inquiring about location ("Where is ...?")
  3. particle signaling a pause, to emphasize the preceding words and allow the listener time to take them on board ("ok?", "are you with me?")
  4. (at the end of a declarative sentence) particle indicating continuation of a state or action
  5. particle indicating strong affirmation
=32 dense wool fabric (used for coats and jackets)