As animals such as cats, dogs, pigs, oxen and sheep are closely related to human life, there are derogative except for a tiny minority.

• 猫、狗、猪、牛、羊等动物和人们的生活有很密切的关系，汉语中有很多关于动物的俗语或成语。除了极少数外，大多和动物有关的词语都贬义的。