the sounds of chickens crowing and dogs barking; describes the bustling atmosphere of a populated rural village

Literally "a Sichuan dog barking at the sun"; used to describe a person who is surprised or alarmed by perfectly normal things because of their own lack of experience or narrow perspective. This idiom refers to the foggy climate of Sichuan where the sun is rarely seen.

Meaning "the tyrant Jie's dog barks at the sage King Yao"; used to describe a henchman who attacks good people or commits crimes simply because they are loyal to an evil master.

Literally "Guangdong dogs bark at snow"; describes someone who is surprised by a normal phenomenon because they have little experience, or someone who is narrow-minded and easily startled

Literally meaning a mad dog barking at the sun; used to describe bad people making noisy but powerless threats, or to describe any effort that is completely useless.

to serve one's own master faithfully regardless of the virtue of the person one is attacking; literally, the bandit Zhi's dog barks at the sage king Yao

A derogatory description of poor composition or a clumsy writing style, comparing it to the sound of braying donkeys and barking dogs.

(idiom) to express surprise at something common due to one's own ignorance; literally means the dogs of the south bark at the snow because they rarely see it