狗日

Mandarin · pinyin gǒu rì

Meanings

  1. lit. fucked or spawned by a dog
  2. contemptible
  3. lousy, fucking
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狗
gǒu · dog, Canis familiaris
日
rì · sun; day; daytime
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3–4 · gou3 ri4

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noun · Etymology 1

  1. Dog Day (the second of the first month in the Chinese calendar). Related to 人日 (Rénrì, “Human Day”).
  2. Dog days, the unpleasantly hot days of late summer.

adj · Etymology 2

  1. (vulgar, offensive) fucking

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