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(slang) degenerate gambler; compulsive gambler
kingfisher
Dalmatian (dog breed)
Sogou, Chinese tech company known for its search engine, www.sogou.com
to imitate the dog and steal chicken (idiom) / to pilfer / to dally with women / to have affairs
wolfdog
pup; puppy
(slang) naive, clingy, emotionally dependent, cute young guy (type of boyfriend)
native dog / mole cricket (colloquial word for agricultural pest Gryllotalpa 螻蛄|蝼蛄)
dog-eat-dog / dogfight
(neologism c. 2018) (slang) simp; person who resorts to cringeworthy fawning behavior in pursuing sb who does not requite their affections
(Internet slang) person who is neither married nor in a relationship (used self-deprecatingly)
(Internet slang) to be dog-tired
if you marry a chicken follow the chicken, if you marry a dog follow the dog (idiom)
stray dog
lit. to beat a drowning dog (idiom) / fig. to pulverize an (already defeated) enemy / to hit sb when he's down
Pekingese (dog breed)
Takow, Takao or Takau, old name for Kaohsiung 高雄 in the southwest of Taiwan
pekingese (dog) / (fig.) sycophant / lackey
hunting dog / hound / (fig.) running dog / lackey
lit. to fling a meat bun at a dog (idiom) / fig. to flush (one's money or efforts) down the toilet / to kiss sth goodbye
pug (breed of dog)
to have fed one's conscience to the dogs (idiom) / devoid of conscience
(coll.) dog; doggie
bulldog
wild dog / feral dog / stray dog
hyena
(bird species of China) pied kingfisher (Ceryle rudis)
pig-dog (intended as insult) / Schweinhund
lit. a white cloud transforms into what looks like a gray dog (idiom) / fig. the unpredictable changeability of the world
mangy dog / (fig.) loathsome person
to walk a dog
Formosan mountain dog, a breed native to Taiwan
hot dog (loanword)
golden retriever (dog breed) / Cibotium barometz, Asian tropical tree fern with hairy fronds (used in TCM)
lit. shut the door and beat the dog (idiom) / fig. seal off the enemy's avenue of retreat, then strike hard
mongrel
fur seal
radar detector (slang)
hunting dog
(idiom) (coll.) any Tom, Dick or Harry; just about anyone (used dismissively)
(coll.) mixed-breed dog; mutt
lit. (cloud shapes) changing from a white shirt to a gray dog (idiom) / fig. the unpredictable changeability of the world
(fig.) the unpredictable changeability of the world; bad omen
Year 11, year of the Dog (e.g. 2006)
Chinese shar-pei (dog breed)
Pekingese / Pekinese
obedient dog / lackey
lit. to point at the chicken while scolding the dog (idiom) / fig. to make indirect criticisms
(bird species of China) crested kingfisher (Megaceryle lugubris)


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