走狗

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• 走狗 (Written Standard Chinese^?)
• Running dog (English)

Attestable in pre-Qin texts in the "hunting dog" sense.^[1]

走狗

1. (literary) hunting dog; hound
2. (literary, historical) dog racing game in ancient times
3. (figurative, politics, derogatory) running dog; lackey; cat's paw; person subservient to counterrevolutionary or evil interests

   資本家的走狗／资本家的走狗  ―  zīběnjiā de zǒugǒu  ―  running dog of capitalists

   • 這些國家的人民起來反對美帝國主義的和其他帝國主義的走狗，也就是反對帝國主義的反動統治。 [MSC, trad.]
     这些国家的人民起来反对美帝国主义的和其他帝国主义的走狗，也就是反对帝国主义的反动统治。 [MSC, simp.]

     From: 1968, Mao Zedong, Chairman Mao's "The Movement of World Revolution" (毛主席论世界革命)

     Zhèxiē guójiā de rénmín qǐlái fǎnduì měidìguózhǔyì de hé qítā dìguózhǔyì de zǒugǒu, yě jiùshì fǎnduì dìguózhǔyì de fǎndòng tǒngzhì.

     People opposed to the reactionary rule of imperialism in these countries are rising up against U.S. imperialism and other running dogs of imperialism.

4. (literary, humble) self-deprecating form of address for oneself; the servant me; I, the follower

• (hunting dog): 獵狗／猎狗 (liègǒu), 獵犬／猎犬 (lièquǎn); (Xiang) 趕山狗／赶山狗
• (running dog):

• → English: running dog (calque)

走狗

1. (literary) to make a dog run or hunt

走(そう)狗(く) • (sōku) 

1. hound
2. a tool of another person, cat's paw
   • 1929, 小林多喜二, 不在地主:

     警(けい)察(さつ)は如何(いか)にも君(きみ)等(ら)の言(い)う通(とお)り、資(し)本(ほん)家(か)の走(そう)狗(く)だ。

     Keisatsu wa ika ni mo kimi-ra no iu-tōri, shihonka no sōku da.

     Like you all said, those police are nothing more than capitalist tools.