1 dog

2 classifier: 只 zhī

3 classifier: 条 tiáo

1 blood

2 colloquial pr. [xiě]

3 classifier: 滴 dī

4 classifier: 片 piàn

1 cold-blood

2 cold-blooded (animal)

1 to bleed

2 bleeding

3 (fig.) to spend money in large amounts

1 to suck blood

1 lit. to draw blood on the first prick (idiom)

2 fig. to hit the nail on the head

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. no blood on the men's swords (idiom); fig. an effortless victory