犬马之劳 — Chinese idiom
犬马之劳
quǎn mǎ zhī láo
Traditional: 犬馬之勞
Meaning
- lit. the service of a dog or a horse
- fig. faithful service
Character by character
- 犬quǎndog
- 马mǎhorse; surname
- 之zhīmarks preceding phrase as modifier of following ph
- 劳láoto labor, to toil; to do manual work
Idioms sharing a character
- 丧家之犬 sàng jiā zhī quǎn
- 画虎类犬 huà hǔ lèi quǎn
- 声色犬马 shēng sè quǎn mǎ
- 蜀犬吠日 Shǔ quǎn fèi rì
- 鸡犬不宁 jī quǎn bù níng
- 鸡犬不留 jī quǎn bù liú
- 鸡犬升天 jī quǎn shēng tiān
- 一马平川 yī mǎ píng chuān
- 一马当先 yī mǎ dāng xiān
- 中箭落马 zhòng jiàn luò mǎ
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