野狗
yě gǒu
Pinyin

Definition

野狗
 - 
yě gǒu
  1. wild dog
  2. feral dog
  3. stray dog

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

野
yě
  1. 1 old variant of 野[yě]
狗
gǒu
  1. 1 dog
  2. 2 classifier: 只 zhī
  3. 3 classifier: 条 tiáo
野蛮
yě mán
  1. 1 barbarous
  2. 2 uncivilized
小狗
xiǎo gǒu
  1. 1 pup
  2. 2 puppy
小野
Xiǎo yě
  1. 1 Ono (Japanese surname and place name)

Idioms (20)

人模狗样
rén mó gǒu yàng
  1. 1 (idiom) to pose
  2. 2 to put on airs
偷鸡摸狗
tōu jī mō gǒu
  1. 1 to imitate the dog and steal chicken (idiom)
  2. 2 to pilfer
  3. 3 to dally with women
  4. 4 to have affairs
兔死狗烹
tù sǐ gǒu pēng
  1. 1 lit. to boil the hound once it caught the rabbit (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to get rid of sb once he has served his purpose
咬人狗儿不露齿
yǎo rén gǒu r bù lù chǐ
  1. 1 lit. the dog that bites does not show its fangs (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. You can't tell the really dangerous enemy from his external appearance.
哀鸿遍野
āi hóng biàn yě
  1. 1 lit. plaintive whine of geese (idiom); fig. land swarming with disaster victims
  2. 2 starving people fill the land

Sample Sentences

这我倒没想过，可是像你这样，每天去喂路上的野狗，不也是让他们越来越多吗？
zhè wǒ dào méi xiǎng guò ，kěshì xiàng nǐ zhèyàng ，měitiān qù wèi lùshang de yěgǒu ，bùyě shì ràng tāmen yuèláiyuè duō ma ？
I never thought about that, but if people like you keep feeding stray dogs in the street, won't they get more and more numerous?
Go to Lesson