1 dog

2 classifier: 只 zhī

3 classifier: 条 tiáo

1 lackey

2 henchman

3 to kiss up to

1 Diaochan (-192), one of the four legendary beauties 四大美女[sì dà měi nu:3], in fiction a famous beauty at the break-up of Han dynasty, given as concubine to usurping warlord Dong Zhuo 董卓[Dǒng Zhuó] to ensure his overthrow by fighting hero Lü Bu 呂布|吕布[Lu:3 Bù]

1 nine-tailed fox (mythological creature)

1 pup

2 puppy

1 (idiom) to pose

2 to put on airs

1 to imitate the dog and steal chicken (idiom)

2 to pilfer

3 to dally with women

4 to have affairs

1 lit. to boil the hound once it caught the rabbit (idiom)

2 fig. to get rid of sb once he has served his purpose

1 lit. head in Wu and tail in Chu (idiom); fig. close together

2 head-to-tail

3 one thing starts where the other leaves off

1 lit. the dog that bites does not show its fangs (idiom)

2 fig. You can't tell the really dangerous enemy from his external appearance.