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Character · AdjectiveTraditional猘

rabid (of dogs)

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Meanings

1 sense · 3 examples
1.

adjective

rabid; mad; frenzied (of dogs)

archaic

Literary and archaic term describing rabid or mad dogs. Rare in modern spoken Chinese but appears in classical texts.

Zhì猘
quǎn犬
kuáng狂
fèi吠
yú于
dào道
 。

Rabid dogs barked wildly in the road.

Cǐ此
zhì猘
gǒu狗
yě也
 ，
dāng当
bì避
zhī之
 。

This is a mad dog; one should avoid it.

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Zhì猘
ér儿
zì恣
hèng横
 ，
xiāng乡
lǐ里
huàn患
zhī之
 。

The unruly fierce youth acted recklessly, becoming a menace to the village.