(literary) onomatopoeia for dog barking
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(literary onomatopoeia) the sound of a dog barking; yap; snarl
literaryUsed in written or literary Chinese to describe the sound of dogs barking, often implying fierce or incessant barking. Commonly reduplicated as 狺狺. Often appears in the set phrase 狺狺狂吠 (to bark furiously), which can be used figuratively to describe people shouting abuse.
Nà那
è恶
quǎn犬
duì对
zhe着
mò陌
shēng生
rén人
yín狺
yín狺
kuáng狂
fèi吠
。
The vicious dog barked furiously at the stranger.
Yè夜
shēn深
rén人
jìng静
，
zhǐ只
tīng听
yuǎn远
chù处
qún群
quǎn犬
yín狺
yín狺
bù不
zhǐ止
。
In the deep silence of the night, one could hear a pack of dogs yapping incessantly in the distance.
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Tā他
zhuàn撰
wén文
huí回
jī击
duì对
fāng方
de的
yín狺
yín狺
zhī之
fèi吠
。
He wrote an article striking back at the other side's snarling attacks.