喪家之犬 sàng jiā zhī quǎn

stray dog (idiom)

Word data

HSK Not in HSK
Frequency Unknown

Definitions

  1. 1. stray dog (idiom)

Characters

Character Meaning
喪 sàng
to lose; mourning; funeral
家 jiā HSK 1
home; family; classifier for families or businesses
之 zhī HSK 4
(possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的de); it
犬 quǎn HSK 6
dog; Kangxi radical 94