CNY 成语 Quiz
Happy Lunar New Year!
It's the Year of the Dog so why not challenge yourself with this quiz on dog-related 成语.
It's almost like Scrabble: What are the possible 成语 whose first / second / third / fourth word is 狗?
Give it a shot just fur fun :)
There are at least 7 possible answers, 7 成语 that we may come across in our daily lives.
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狗 _ _ _
1. 狗急跳墙 gǒu jí tiào qiáng
Literally: a cornered dog jumping over a wall
Meaning: someone who is driven to desperate measures
2. 狗血淋头 gǒu xiě lín tóu
Literally: having dog's blood poured over your head
Meaning: to be scolded badly
_ 狗 _ _
3. 嫁狗随狗 jià gǒu suí gǒu
Literally: if you marry a dog, follow the dog
Meaning: used as an advice for a woman to be content with the person she has married i.e. for better or for worse
[this usually comes as part of a longer phrase: 嫁鸡随鸡, 嫁狗随狗]
[this phrase may hint of a sense of helplessness too, that a woman has to follow her husband no matter who he is or how good/bad he is]
_ _ 狗 _
4. 狼心狗肺 láng xīng gǒu fèi
Literally: heart of wolf and lungs of dog
Meaning: cruel and unscrupulous
5. 猪朋狗友 zhū péng gǒu yǒu
Literally: dogs and pigs are your bros
Meaning: disreputable companions
6. 鸡飞狗跳 jī fēi gǒu tiào
Literally: chicken flying and dog jumping
Meaning: total disorder
_ _ _ 狗
7. 偷鸡摸狗 tōu jī mō gǒu
Literally: stealing the chicken & touching the dog
Meaning: to be involved in shady or illicit affairs [implies someone is a philander or pilfer]
A round of applause (or is it ap-paws) if you can get all 7..
If you notice, the 成语 tend not to be so paw-sitive (omg, stop the puns).
In fact, phrases such as 狼心狗肺 or 偷鸡摸狗 are derogatory and reproachful. Indirectly it seems to suggest that 狗, as a figure of speech, relates more to beastly qualities than other favourable types of qualities (e.g. loyalty or faithfulness that are also associated with the dog).
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