狗 gǒu — dog
狗
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Detailed explanation
noun
- (形声。从犬，句( gōu)声。本义:犬。原指小犬。后为狗犬的通称)
- dog;canine
- 属于犬科(Canidae)的一种食肉类哺乳动物(Canis familiaris)，自史前时期以来就被人类豢养，无疑源自某种不知名的犬属(Canis)野兽，可能就是普通狼，由人工培养出来的品种之多，超过任何其他兽类(在形状、大小、颜色、毛皮的长短和性质等各方面)。又如:狗犀(狗尸);狗矢(狗粪);狗屠(以屠杀狗为业者);狗窦(狗洞);狗彘(狗与猪。比喻行为卑劣的人)
- pup;puppy
- a bad person;evildoer e.g 狗心狗行 · 狗鼠
- dog
adjective
- cursed
- dejected
verb
- flatter
Related words
- 走狗 "lit. running dog; lackey (i.e. translation of ""lackey of the ruling class"" in
- 狗屁 bullshit/nonsense
- 狼狗 wolfhound; German shepherd
- 野狗 stray dog; wild dog
- 狗熊 black bear; coward
- 猎狗 a hunting dog; a hound
- 疯狗 rabid dog
- 狗腿子 dog's leg/fig. one who follows a villain/henchman/hired thug
- 狗命 (derog.) a worthless life; (self-deprecating) my miserable life
- 偷鸡摸狗 (derog.) petty thieving; (fig.) philandering
- 狐朋狗友 a gang of worthless friends; bad company
- 狗崽子 puppy; (derogatory) son of a bitch; brat
- 恶狗 a fierce dog; a vicious person
- 狗急跳墙 a cornered dog will jump the wall; a desperate villain will risk anything
- 狗血喷头 to give a furious, thorough tongue-lashing
- 人模狗样 putting on a pretentious, simpering air (often derogatory)
- 挂羊头卖狗肉 to hang a sheep's head and sell dog meat; false advertising
- 哈巴狗 a pug; a lapdog; a sycophant
- 鸡飞狗跳 utter chaos, with chickens flying and dogs bolting
- 狼心狗肺 heartless and cruel; utterly ungrateful and vicious