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泥猪瓦狗 — “A metaphor for a lowly, vulgar, or contemptible person”

泥猪瓦狗 is a Chinese idiom (chengyu) meaning “a metaphor for a lowly, vulgar, or contemptible person”. Literally, “Mud pig, tile dog”.

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泥猪瓦狗 Pronunciation and Pinyin

泥猪瓦狗 Character Breakdown

Stroke Order
CharacterPinyinStrokesMeaning
泥
ní8mud, paste, plaster, rigid
猪
zhū12pig or hog
瓦
wǎ5tile, watt, earthenware
狗
gǒu8dog

Example Sentence with 泥猪瓦狗

他总是对那些只顾自己利益、不懂得尊重他人的人嗤之以鼻,认为他们是真正的泥猪瓦狗。
He always scoffs at those who only care about their own interests and don't know how to respect others, considering them truly contemptible individuals.

Idioms Related to 泥猪瓦狗

Synonyms of 泥猪瓦狗

  • ní泥zhū猪lài癞gǒu狗despicable or vulgar people

More idioms starting with 泥

  • ní泥zhōng中yǐn隐cì刺speak with veiled sarcasm
  • nì泥gǔ古bù不huà化rigidly adhere to ancient conventions
  • nì泥gǔ古shǒu守jiù旧cling to old ways
  • nì泥gǔ古zhí执jīn今rigidly adhere to ancient conventions
  • nì泥gǔ古jū拘fāng方dogmatically cling to outdated conventions
  • nì泥gǔ古wéi违jīn今rigidly adhere to ancient ways
  • nì泥gǔ古fēi非jīn今Adhere to ancient, reject modern
  • nì泥míng名shī失shí实cling to empty reputation, disregard reality
  • ní泥sù塑mù木diāo雕stiff and expressionless like a dummy
  • ní泥duō多fó佛dà大More input, greater achievement
  • ní泥shā沙jù俱xià下good and bad mixed together
  • ní泥niú牛rù入hǎi海disappear completely and irreversibly

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Questions about 泥猪瓦狗

What does 泥猪瓦狗 mean?

泥猪瓦狗 (ní zhū wǎ gǒu) is a Chinese idiom (chengyu) meaning “a metaphor for a lowly, vulgar, or contemptible person”.

How do you pronounce 泥猪瓦狗?

泥猪瓦狗 is pronounced ní zhū wǎ gǒu in Mandarin Chinese.

What does 泥猪瓦狗 literally mean?

Literally, 泥猪瓦狗 means “Mud pig, tile dog”. It is used to mean “a metaphor for a lowly, vulgar, or contemptible person”.

What is the Chinese definition of 泥猪瓦狗?

比喻卑贱或粗鄙的人。同“泥猪疥狗”。

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