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狗竇

简狗窦 · 繁狗竇

Mandarin · pinyin gǒu dòu

dog hole
gap caused by missing teeth
fig. den of thieves

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狗: gǒu · dog, Canis familiaris
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窦: dòu · surname; hole, burrow; corrupt

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3–4 · gou3 dou4

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gau2 dau3

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noun

hole that permits the passage of dogs; doggie door

noun

(Liuzhou Mandarin, Cantonese, Hakka, Southern Pinghua) kennel; doghouse
(Cantonese, Hakka, figurative) pigsty; dump (used to describe a dirty and very untidy place)

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