惡狗

Chinese

		evil; to hate; to loathe evil; to hate; to loathe; nauseated	dog
trad. (惡狗)		惡	狗
simp. (恶狗)		恶	狗

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): ègǒu

  (Zhuyin): ㄜˋ ㄍㄡˇ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: ègǒu
    • Zhuyin: ㄜˋ ㄍㄡˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: ègǒu
    • Wade–Giles: o⁴-kou³
    • Yale: è-gǒu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ehgoou
    • Palladius: эгоу (egou)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ˀɤ⁵¹ koʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

Noun

惡狗

1. cur

   • 尤其是縣政府豢養的警察、警備隊、差役這班惡狗，他們怕下鄉，下鄉也不敢再敲詐。 [MSC, trad.]
     尤其是县政府豢养的警察、警备队、差役这班恶狗，他们怕下乡，下乡也不敢再敲诈。 [MSC, simp.]

     From: 1927, 毛澤東 (Mao Zedong), 《湖南農民運動考察報告》 (Report on an Investigation of the Peasant Movement in Hunan), 《毛澤東選集》. English translation based on the Foreign Languages Press edition

     Yóuqí shì xiànzhèngfǔ huànyǎng de jǐngchá, jǐngbèiduì, chāiyì zhè bān ègǒu, tāmen pà xiàxiāng, xiàxiāng yě bùgǎn zài qiāozhà. [Pinyin]

     In particular the vicious curs kept by the county government – the police, the armed guards and the bailiffs – are afraid of going to the villages, or if they do so, they no longer dare to practice their extortions.