猫腻
māo nì
Pinyin

Definition

猫腻
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māo nì
  1. (coll.) something fishy
  2. shenanigans

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

xióng māo
  1. 1 panda
  2. 2 CL:隻|只[zhī]
māo
  1. 1 cat
  2. 2 CL:隻|只[zhī]
  3. 3 (dialect) to hide oneself
  4. 4 (coll.) modem
Jiā fēi māo
  1. 1 Garfield (comic strip cat created by Jim Davis)
yè māo zi
  1. 1 owl
  2. 2 (fig.) night owl
dà xióng māo
  1. 1 giant panda (Ailuropoda melanoleuca)
yóu nì
  1. 1 grease
  2. 2 greasy food
  3. 3 oily
  4. 4 rich (of food)
  5. 5 fatty
  6. 6 greasy and dirty
  7. 7 a slippery character
xióng māo yǎn
  1. 1 to have dark circles under one's eyes
  2. 2 to have eyes like a panda
xì nì
  1. 1 exquisite
  2. 2 meticulous
  1. 1 greasy
  2. 2 soft
  3. 3 unctuous
  4. 4 intimate
  5. 5 tired of
nì wai
  1. 1 (of a couple) to be sweet to each other
  2. 2 lovey-dovey
  3. 3 variant of 膩味|腻味[nì wei]
māo ér
  1. 1 kitten
māo mī
  1. 1 kitty
māo yǎn
  1. 1 peephole
  2. 2 chrysoberyl
māo tóu yīng
  1. 1 owl
lóng māo
  1. 1 chinchilla
  2. 2 Totoro (anime character)
gōng māo
  1. 1 male cat
  2. 2 tomcat
xiǎo xióng māo
  1. 1 lesser panda
  2. 2 red panda
  3. 3 firefox
xiǎo māo
  1. 1 kitten
shān māo
  1. 1 lynx
  2. 2 bobcat
  3. 3 leopard cat
Bō sī māo
  1. 1 Persian (cat)

Idioms (4)

照猫画虎
zhào māo huà hǔ
  1. 1 lit. drawing a tiger using a cat as a model (idiom); fig. to follow a model and get things more or less right but without capturing the spirit of the subject
  2. 2 uninspired imitation
瞎猫碰上死耗子
xiā māo pèng shàng sǐ hào zi
  1. 1 a blind cat finds a dead mouse (idiom)
  2. 2 blind luck
猫哭老鼠
māo kū lǎo shǔ
  1. 1 the cat weeps for the dead mouse (idiom); hypocritical pretence of condolence
  2. 2 crocodile tears
猫哭耗子
māo kū hào zi
  1. 1 the cat weeps for the dead mouse (idiom); hypocritical pretence of condolence
  2. 2 crocodile tears

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