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  *狗* | 狗* | *狗
HSK 2
to take in and care for (an elderly person, a dog etc) / to adopt (a child) / adoption
HSK 6
hound; hunting dog
HSK 7-9
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  *叼* | 叼* | *叼
to hold with one's mouth (as a smoker with a cigarette or a dog with a bone)
HSK 7-9
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  *犬* | 犬* | *犬
dog / Kangxi radical 94
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  *戌* | 戌* | *戌
11th earthly branch: 7-9 p.m., 9th solar month (8th October-6th November), year of the Dog / ancient Chinese compass point: 300°
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  *哈* | 哈* | *哈
(interj.) ha! / (onom. for laughter) / (slang) to be infatuated with; to adore / (bound form) husky (dog) (abbr. for 哈士奇)
Labrador, Canada / Labrador (a breed of dog)
Chihuahua (dog)
pug (breed of dog)
gleaming with tears / woof woof (sound of a dog barking) / (literary) (of a body of water) broad and deep
lit. the service of a dog or a horse (idiom) / fig. faithful service
hot dog (loanword)
female dog / bitch
(coll.) dog; doggie
Snoopy (comic strip pet dog)
stray dog
police dog
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  *狸* | 狸* | *狸
raccoon dog / fox-like animal
canine excrement / dog poo / bullshit
lit. heart of wolf and lungs of dog (idiom) / cruel and unscrupulous
beloved pet dog
leopard cat / raccoon dog / palm civet
lit. stray dog (idiom) / fig. one who has nothing to rely on
a cornered dog will jump over the wall (idiom) / to be driven to desperate action
(dialect) dog meat
child; kid / (slang) furry pet (such as a dog or cat)
native dog / mole cricket (colloquial word for agricultural pest Gryllotalpa 螻蛄|蝼蛄)
lit. to pour dog's blood on (idiom) / fig. torrent of abuse
lit. to behave like a dog wagging its tail, seeking its master's affection (idiom) / fig. to fawn on sb / to bow and scrape / to grovel
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  *嘊* | 嘊* | *嘊
to growl (of dog) / to bare fangs
dog tag
if you marry a chicken follow the chicken, if you marry a dog follow the dog (idiom)
lit. a dog can't stop himself from eating shit (idiom) / fig. bad habits are hard to change
crowing like a cock and stealing like a dog (idiom) / bag of tricks / useful talents
hunting dog
mangy dog / (fig.) loathsome person
lit. to hang a sheep's head while selling dog meat (idiom) / fig. to cheat / dishonest advertising / wicked deeds carried out under banner of virtue
lit. a white cloud transforms into what looks like a gray dog (idiom) / fig. the unpredictable changeability of the world
lit. to use a dog's tail as a substitute for sable fur (idiom) / fig. a worthless sequel to a masterpiece
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
dog paddle (swimming style)
to walk a dog
hunting dog / hound / (fig.) running dog / lackey
worse than a dog or pig / lower than low
lit. love the house and its crow (idiom); involvement with sb and everyone connected / Love me, love my dog.
dog's leg / fig. one who follows a villain / henchman / hired thug
a dog threatens based on master's power (idiom); to use one's position to bully others
dog door
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  *尨* | 尨* | *尨
shaggy dog / striped
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  *獞* | 獞* | *獞
name of a variety of dog / wild tribes in South China
lit. to occupy a latrine but not shit (proverb) / fig. to be a dog in the manger
broken line (continuous figure made up of straight line segments) / polygonal line / dog leg
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  *狦* | 狦* | *狦
(archaic) vicious dog / beast resembling a wolf
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  *獫* | 獫* | *獫
a kind of dog with a long snout / see 獫狁|猃狁
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  *狩* | 狩* | *狩
to hunt / to go hunting (as winter sport in former times) / hunting dog / imperial tour
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  *猈* | 猈* | *猈
dog with short shinbone
dog hole / gap caused by missing teeth / fig. den of thieves
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  *猣* | 猣* | *猣
dog giving birth to three puppies
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  *獢* | 獢* | *獢
dog
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  *猲* | 猲* | *猲
short-snout dog
wild dog / feral dog / stray dog
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  *貉* | 貉* | *貉
raccoon dog (Nyctereutes procyonoides) / raccoon of North China, Korea and Japan (Japanese: tanuki) / also pr. [hao2]
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  *猘* | 猘* | *猘
mad dog
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  *豺* | 豺* | *豺
dog-like animal / ravenous beast / dhole (Cuon Alpinus) / jackal
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  *獀* | 獀* | *獀
dog (dial.) / to hunt
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  *獳* | 獳* | *獳
angry dog
pekingese (dog) / (fig.) sycophant / lackey
to try to draw a tiger but end up with a likeness of a dog (idiom) / to try to do sth overambitious and end up botching it
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  *玂* | 玂* | *玂
dog giving birth to a puppy
lit. secondary foreigner / (derogatory term for Chinese Christians and others associated with foreigners, used at the time of the Boxer Rebellion) / (coll.) westernized Chinese person / (derog.) person of mixed Chinese and Russian blood / (slang) Ukraine / German shepherd dog / (dialect) two-year-old goat
lit. to swarm like flies around rotten food and drag out an ignoble existence like a dog (idiom) / fig. to lead an undignified life; to resort to any means for personal gain
dog meat
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  *犼* | 犼* | *犼
mythical man-eating creature resembling a dog
precious fur obtained from skin of raccoon dog after removing hard bristle
mythical beast similar to an ape with dog's head
lit. a dog who catches mice / to be meddlesome (idiom)
shepherd dog
six domestic animals, namely: pig, cow, sheep, horse, chicken and dog
shiba inu (Japanese dog breed)
like a dog who fell in the river and climbs out—shaking all over
dog hole wide open (idiom); fig. gap caused by missing teeth (used mockingly)
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  *犺* | 犺* | *犺
fierce dog
lit. to lead the dog into the village (idiom) / fig. to introduce a potential source of trouble
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  *肰* | 肰* | *肰
dog meat / old variant of
lit. father a lion, son cannot be a dog (honorific); With a distinguished father such as you, the son is sure to do well. / like father, like son
Doberman (dog breed)
(coll.) silly but cute husky (dog)
to fold the corner of a page / to dog-ear
dog (Internet slang)
Dalmatian (dog breed)
Samoyed (dog)
pig-dog (intended as insult) / Schweinhund
dog breed
(of a horse, dog etc) to sit back on one's haunches and refuse to be coaxed forward / (of a person) to brace oneself to resist being made to go forward; (fig.) to dig one's heels in
dog food / (Internet slang) public display of affection (term used by singles 單身狗|单身狗 forced to "eat" it)
mad dog / rabid dog
downward-facing dog (yoga pose)
mastiff (dog breed)
to try to draw a tiger but end up with a likeness of a dog (idiom) / to try to do sth overambitious and end up botching it

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