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Chinese
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Noun
狸狌
- (literary) wildcat; stray cat
騏驥驊騮，一日而馳千里，捕鼠不如狸狌，言殊技也。
骐骥骅骝，一日而驰千里，捕鼠不如狸狌，言殊技也。 - From: Zhuangzi, circa 3rd – 2nd centuries BCE, translated based on James Legge's version
- Qíjì huáliú, yī rì ér chí qiān lǐ, bǔ shǔ bù rú líshēng, yán shū jì yě.
- The (horses) Qi-ji and Hua-liu could in one day gallop 1000 li, but for catching rats they were not equal to a wildcat – the gifts of creatures are different.
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