跖犬吠堯
zhí​quǎn​fèi​yáo

loyal to one's master

  • created sense approved 跖犬吠尧/跖犬吠堯 · zhí​quǎn​fèi​yáo · loyal to one's master — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    跖犬吠尧 / 跖犬吠堯

    zhí​quǎn​fèi​yáo

    loyal to one's master

    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

    跖 (literal) → 跖 · zhí · Dao Zhi 犬 (literal) → 犬 · quǎn · dog 吠 (literal) → 吠 · fèi · to bark 尧 (literal) → 尧/堯 · yáo · Emperor Yao

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

    created sense