(lit.) stray dog (idiom); (fig.) one who has nothing to rely on
trad. 喪家之犬
Also written 喪家之犬【sàng jiā zhī quǎn】
Characters in this word
4丧
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mourning, funeral, (old) corpse
- Pinyin
- sāng
- Traditional
- 喪
- Strokes
- 8
- Frequency
- 42524 of 2500
家
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used in 傢伙|家伙[jia1 huo5] and 傢俱|家俱[jia1 ju4]
- Pinyin
- jiā
- Traditional
- 傢
- Strokes
- 10
- Frequency
- 400 of 2500
之
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(possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的[de5]), him, her, it
- Pinyin
- zhī
- Strokes
- 3
- Frequency
- 475 of 2500
犬
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(literary) dog, Kangxi radical 94
- Pinyin
- quǎn
- Strokes
- 4
- Frequency
- 10813 of 2500