1animal from the Chinese zodiac
2one of the twelve animals symbolic of the earthly branches 地支[di4 zhi1]
Example
shí十èr二shēng xiào生肖lǐ裡méi沒yǒu有māo貓de的yuán yīn原因hěn很jiǎn簡dān單。
十二生肖裡沒有貓的原因很簡單。
The reason the cat is not included in the 12 animals of the Chinese zodiac is very simple.