bié / guài / tā / dǎn xiǎo rú shǔ / nà / shì / yīn wèi / tā / xiǎo shí hou / bèi / gǒu / yǎo guò

别怪他胆小如鼠，那是因为他小时候被狗咬过。

Don't blame him for being such a coward; it's because he was bitten by a dog as a child.