Greedy cat

The Character ‘猫’ (māo)means ‘cat’, and it can be used to describe people, here are some examples to show you how it works. First of all ‘馋猫’(chán māo) means ‘greedy cat’ which can be used in a sentence like this one ‘他真是个…..’(tā zhēn shì….). ‘他真是个馋猫’(tā zhēn shìgè chán māo) means ‘he really is a greedy cat’ which is to say someone is a glutton. Apply the same sentence structure to‘夜猫子’(yè māo zǐ) ‘night cat’, ‘他真是个夜猫子’(tā zhēn shì gè yè māo zi) means ‘he really is a night cat’, which is used to say someone has a nocturnal lifestyle.