1 to fail (a course)

1 dog

2 Kangxi radical 94

1 universal

2 encyclopedic

3 abbr. for 百科全書|百科全书[bǎi kē quán shū]

1 branch of study

2 administrative section

3 division

4 field

5 branch

6 stage directions

7 family (taxonomy)

8 rules

9 laws

10 to mete out (punishment)

11 to levy (taxes etc)

12 to fine sb

13 classifier: 个 gè

1 science

2 scientific knowledge

3 scientific

4 rational

5 classifier: 门 mén

6 classifier: 个 gè

7 classifier: 种 zhǒng

1 lit. when a man achieves the Dao, his poultry and dogs rise to Heaven (idiom)

2 fig. to ride on sb else's success

3 Once one man gets a government position, all his cronies get in too

4 Once sb has cracked the problem, every Tom, Dick and Harry can do it

1 stray dog (idiom)

1 to include impromptu comic material in opera performance (idiom); to jest

2 buffoonery

1 drawing a tiger like a dog (idiom); to make a fool of oneself by excessive ambition

1 lit. Sichuan dogs bark at the sun (idiom); fig. a simpleton will marvel at even the most common things

2 alludes to the Sichuan foggy weather where it's uncommon to see a sunny day