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芻狗

简刍狗 · 繁芻狗

Mandarin · pinyin chú gǒu

(literary) straw dog used as a ritual offering in ancient China (treated with reverence during the rite and discarded afterwards)

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狗: gǒu · dog, Canis familiaris
刍: chú · mow, cut grass; hay, fodder

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2–3 · chu2 gou3

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noun

(archaic, literally) straw dog (sacrificial object)
(archaic, by extension) something discarded after use

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