gǒu
yǎo
gǒu

idiom

Meaning of 狗咬狗

狗咬狗 means a dog-eat-dog situation; internal strife among villains. Pronounced gǒu yǎo gǒu.

  • a dog-eat-dog situation; internal strife among villains

Definitions & Examples

liǎng
bài
de
guān
yuán
wèi
le
kāi
shǐ
le
gǒu
yǎo
gǒu
 

Those two corrupt officials started a dogfight over profits.

Zhè
gēn
běn
jiù
shì
chǎng
gǒu
yǎo
gǒu
de
hēi
bāng
zhēng
dòu
 
jǐng
chá
zhèng
hǎo
zuò
shōu
 

This is essentially a dog-eat-dog gang fight; the police can just sit back and reap the benefits.

Ràng
men
gǒu
yǎo
gǒu
ba
 
men
kàn
nao
jiù
xíng
 

Let them fight it out amongst themselves; we can just watch the show.