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Meanings
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Literal meaning: a dog used for hunting. Also used figuratively for a person who blindly serves another's interests, like a 'running dog' or 'cat's-paw'.
He is nothing more than a tool of those in power.
I hate being used as someone's cat's-paw.
Expressions
- 狡兎死して走狗烹らるwhen the enemy is defeated, the victorious soldiers can be killed off; when the nimble rabbit dies, the hunting dog is cooked