In China, dogs may be more of a derogatory term. For example, when expressing that some people bully others by their power, we will say "dogs rely on their power", or when some people are very anxious and are about to have a desperate situation, they will say "dogs are anxious to

2018 is the Year of the Dog. I wish you a happy Year of the Dog again~

Due to the differences in Chinese and Western cultures, the symbols of dogs at home and abroad are also completely different. In China, dogs may be more of a derogatory term. For example, when expressing that some people bully others by their power, we will say "dogs rely on their power", or when some people are very anxious and are about to have a desperate situation, they will say "dogs are anxious to jump over the wall", and when they describe a person being ungrateful, they will say "wolf-hearted and dog-hearted".

But in Western countries, "dogs" are not only pets, but also play a good helper for many humans. For example, the movie "Haki Hachiko" that everyone has watched. In the movie, dogs even know how to repay kindness more than people, which also gives people a new understanding of the image of dogs. In the United States, many people regard dogs as their family. They will set up tombstones for dogs after they die. When they become ill, they will be sent to pet hospital for treatment.

So in English, there are many expressions of dogs instead of people, such as lucky dog ​​(lucky), sea dog (sophisticated sailor), top dog (big boss, very powerful person), big dog (bodyguard), etc. Among these expressions, dog has been transformed into the meaning of "guy fellow". The specific meaning of the previous modifiers can be seen, but it can be seen that they are basically positive words. Let’s take a look at the differences between China and the West in the following 10 usages~

1, describing the weather

We often use "cat" and "dog" to express the harsh weather. For example, we will use "Rain cats and dogs" to describe the rain that is heavy, which is translated as: downpour. In addition, we often say that during the dog days, we will use "scalding sun as fire", and in English, we use "The dog days of summer" to describe the hotness of the weather.

2. Describe life

Everyone’s life is not smooth. No matter who anyone is likely to encounter the most painful experience in life. For example, when we say that a person is poor, he will say it: to lead a dog’s life. For example:

John’s been leading a dog’s life since he got broken.

John has lived a poor life since bankruptcy.

3. Describe competition

When competition is fierce, we will say "heavy", while Western culture still uses content related to "dog" to express the degree of competition in business development. dog eat dog means this, expressing cruel competition, for example:

The competition in the world today is extremely fierce.

We live in a dog eat dog world.

4. Describe hard work

Usually, we say that a person works very hard and will express himself as "work hard", but Westerners will say "work like a dog" to express his appreciation for the person. Suppose we want to express: Jenny works very hard. Do we think it’s a bit different if we say “Jenny work like a dog in the company”?

5. Describes fatigue

. After traveling on a business trip or traveling, we feel the joy of our hearts and make people become "exhausted" after a long period of hard work. But in fact, if we want to express such content in English, we can use "dog-tired". For example:

. After returning from a business trip, Jason was very tired.

Jason looks like dog-tired after the business trip.

6. Describe the changes in the physical condition. In many cases, we will use "severely ill" to express the degree of the disease's worsening. English expression has nothing to do with this and is still "dog". For example:

Lucy is very serious.

Lucy is now sick as a dog.

7. Describe luck

Chinese people often say "time comes to work", and there are also equivalent expressions in Western culture. For example, we want to express: everyone has their own time comes to work. We can say: Every dog ​​has its day.

Persist in working hard, everyone will have a time to succeed.

Don’t give up and try your hard I do think every dog ​​has its day.

8. Describe indifference

"Cold and ruthless" is usually described by us as a person who is very indifferent and has no human touch. In fact, in English expressions, we often say it as "meaner than a junkyard dog". We need to note that the "junkyard" here refers to the meaning of "garbage pileup".For example:

Leo is a very cruel and indifferent person.

Leo is a man means than a junkyard dog.

9. Describe soft heart

We often use "knife mouth, tofu heart" to describe a person's kindness. The expression in English also exists, and it is often said: His bark is worse than his bite. It is expressed in comparative form. From the surface meaning, it is: "He calls him much worse than his bite." to express this meaning. For example:

If I were you, I wouldn't be afraid of him at all, because he is a person with a sharp tongue and a tofu heart.

I wouldn’t be scared of her if I were you. Her bark’s a lot worse than her bite.

10. Describe right and wrong

“Don’t shoot yourself in the foot” is used to express the meaning of causing trouble. We can use let sleeping dogs lie to express "causing trouble or asking for trouble yourself." For example:

Jimmy doesn't want to cause trouble.

Jimmy is trying to let sleeping dogs lie.

Through the above 10 points of content, we can find that there are great differences in the meaning and content of "dog" in Chinese culture and Western culture, or even completely opposite concepts. Therefore, in the process of learning English, we can pay attention to the application and pay attention to distinguishing the differences between these two "dogs".

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