animals

n. beast; living organism which is neither plant nor human

Animals are a major group of multicellular organisms, of the kingdom Animalia or Metazoa. Their body plan becomes fixed as they develop, usually early on in their development as embryos, although some undergo a process of metamorphosis later on in their life. Most animals are motile - can move spontaneously and independently.
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Animals, Sacred Many ancient peoples have attached great importance to animals in their rituals; and they may have had facts to support their theories. If the hierarchical system of the universe is a reality, it follows that every animal is a feeble representative on its plane of comic potencies that descend from lofty sources. Ceremonial magic, however, may be better suited to one age than to another; so that it may be better to explain than to attempt to reintroduce the ancient practices as to the use of sacred animals in ritual.
It is equally true that such words as lion, bull, and scorpion are often used in occult writings to denote, not the physical animals, but the potencies to which they correspond. Zodiac means the circle of (sacred) animals. As man himself is on this earth the model and storehouse of all forms, those as yet unexpressed as well as those which have already appeared, he had in his own composition the ideal forms and attributes of all the various animals who in eons of past history as stocks were derivatives from him as their superior. See also Zoolatry

Noun
1. a living organism characterized by voluntary movement
(synonym) animate being, beast, brute, creature, fauna
(hypernym) organism, being
(hyponym) critter
(member-holonym) Animalia, kingdom Animalia, animal kingdom
(substance-meronym) animal tissue
(part-meronym) head, caput
(derivation) animalize, animalise
(class) crested, topknotted, tufted
Adjective
1. of the appetites and passions of the body; "animal instincts"; "carnal knowledge"; "fleshly desire"; "a sensual delight in eating"; "music is the only sensual pleasure without vice"
(synonym) animal(a), carnal, fleshly, sensual
(similar) physical
2. of the nature of or characteristic of or derived from an animal or animals; "the animal kingdom"; "animal instincts"; "animal fats"
(antonym) vegetable
(similar) animallike

kun4 shou4 you2 dou4
Cornered beasts will still fight.
Said of a person thought to be a loser, who will not give up, but puts up a desperate fight. Even a worm will turn.

ming2 cha2 qiu1 hao2
Sharp-sighted enough to see an animal's autumn down.
Referring to a person capable of discerning the minute detail in everything and penetrating deeply into a problem. See through a millstone.