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


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