阿猫阿狗 — Chinese idiom
阿猫阿狗
ā māo ā gǒu
Traditional: 阿貓阿狗
Meaning
- (coll.) any Tom, Dick or Harry; just about anyone (used dismissively)
Character by character
- 阿āan initial particle, a prefix used for names; used
- 猫māocat
- 阿āan initial particle, a prefix used for names; used
- 狗gǒudog
Idioms sharing a character
- 倒持泰阿 dào chí Tài ē
- 吴下阿蒙 Wú xià ā Méng
- 阿谀奉承 ē yú fèng chéng
- 照猫画虎 zhào māo huà hǔ
- 猫哭老鼠 māo kū lǎo shǔ
- 猫哭耗子 māo kū hào zi
- 人模狗样 rén mú gǒu yàng
- 偷鸡摸狗 tōu jī mō gǒu
- 兔死狗烹 tù sǐ gǒu pēng
- 引狗入寨 yǐn gǒu rù zhài
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