狗

lit. (cloud shapes) changing from a white shirt to a gray dog (idiom); fig. the unpredictable changeability of the world

lit. a white cloud transforms into what looks like a gray dog (idiom); fig. the unpredictable changeability of the world

watchdog

watchdog

(Internet slang) to be dog-tired

see 掛羊頭賣狗肉|挂羊头卖狗肉[gua4 yang2 tou2 mai4 gou3 rou4]

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

Formosan mountain dog, a breed native to Taiwan

(neologism, attested by 2018) (slang) simp; person who resorts to cringeworthy fawning behavior in pursuing sb who does not requite their affections

to have fed one's conscience to the dogs (idiom); devoid of conscience

(literary) straw dog used as a ritual offering in ancient China (treated with reverence during the rite and discarded afterwards)

like a dog who fell in the river and climbs out—shaking all over

(fig.) the unpredictable changeability of the world; bad omen

(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

see 狐朋狗友[hu2 peng2 gou3 you3]

pig-dog (intended as insult); Schweinhund

worse than a dog or pig; lower than low

(slang) degenerate gambler; compulsive gambler

rabid dog; (fig.) vicious dog; aggressive dog; (fig.) vicious person; madman

mangy dog; (fig.) loathsome person