quǎn mǎ zhī láo

Traditional: 犬馬之勞

犬马之劳 (quǎn mǎ zhī láo) is a Chinese word meaning “lit. the service of a dog or a horse (idiom); fig. faithful service”.

Meanings

  1. 1lit. the service of a dog or a horse (idiom)
  2. 2fig. faithful service

Characters in 犬马之劳

犬quǎn · (literary) dog马mǎ · horse之zhī · (possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的[de5])劳láo · (bound form) to toil; labor

Related words

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