Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Chinese term or phrase:
猪狗不如
English translation:
no better than animals
Added to glossary by
Gary Key
Jan 1, 2006 03:53
18 yrs ago
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Chinese term
猪狗不如
Chinese to English
Other
Idioms / Maxims / Sayings
没有良心的人,道德败坏,猪狗不如.
Proposed translations
(English)
| 4 +1 | they are no better than animals |
Gary Key
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| 5 +2 | a piece of shit |
Twinpens (X)
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| 5 | lead a dog's life |
weihong liu
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| 4 | Moral degeneration, worse than swines |
Ray Luo
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| 4 | no better than beasts |
anastasia t (X)
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| 1 +2 | worse than an animal |
billychang
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| 3 | malicious，cruel， wicked |
Ritchest
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| 2 | like a swine |
Chen Star
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Proposed translations
+1
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Chinese term (edited):
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they are no better than animals
16,100 Google hits
www.guardian.co.uk/comment/story/0,3604,462121,00.html
Guardian Unlimited
The Sun will describe the enemy as "no better than animals". But eventually,British determination and military know-how will win through...
www.ondoctrine.com/00news33.htm - 26k
We're no better than animals, and we ought not to think that we are. If we evolved from sheer matter, why should we esteem what is spiritual?
www.atimes.com/atimes/China/EG24Ad01.htm
Asia Times - Rule of law vs Confucianism
... based on the ideas of Zhougong, human beings would be no better than animals,which Confucius regarded with contempt. ... Their success is due also to the terminal decadence of the decrepit governmental machinery of dying dynasties, ...
www.guardian.co.uk/comment/story/0,3604,462121,00.html
Guardian Unlimited
The Sun will describe the enemy as "no better than animals". But eventually,British determination and military know-how will win through...
www.ondoctrine.com/00news33.htm - 26k
We're no better than animals, and we ought not to think that we are. If we evolved from sheer matter, why should we esteem what is spiritual?
www.atimes.com/atimes/China/EG24Ad01.htm
Asia Times - Rule of law vs Confucianism
... based on the ideas of Zhougong, human beings would be no better than animals,which Confucius regarded with contempt. ... Their success is due also to the terminal decadence of the decrepit governmental machinery of dying dynasties, ...
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Comment: "лл"
+2
11 mins
Chinese term (edited):
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a piece of shit
a piece of shit
Peer comment(s):
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billychang
: Don't think it is appropriate
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| agree |
Denyce Seow
: Actually.... this might work. ;) // "Scumbag" would fit here too. Actually it's not necessary to translate literally and bring out the animals here. Other expressions that have the same level of despise work too. ;D
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Thanks. This is what American says.
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licullen
: it is how the canadians say it too.
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Thanks
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+2
30 mins
billychang
Native in Chinese
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English
Translate tradition & simplified Chinese
Native in: English 
, Chinese
Works in: Chinese to English, English to Chinese
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12
Chinese term (edited):
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worse than an animal
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Peer comment(s):
| agree |
Philip Tang
: worse than animals (to indicate more than one kind of animal)
15 hrs
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| agree |
Denyce Seow
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5 hrs
Chinese term (edited):
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Moral degeneration, worse than swines
swine (PERSON) noun [C] plural
swine or swines OLD-FASHIONED
a person whom you consider to be extremely unpleasant and unkind:
swine or swines OLD-FASHIONED
a person whom you consider to be extremely unpleasant and unkind:
6 hrs
weihong liu
China
China
Native in Chinese
Works in field
China
15+ years in marketing and technical
Native in: Chinese 
Works in: English to Chinese, Chinese to English, English
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4
Chinese term (edited):
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lead a dog's life
过着狗的日子，猪狗不如。
Peer comment(s):
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Denyce Seow
: lead a dog's life. - live a hard life, work hard and be treated unkindly
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7 hrs
Chinese term (edited):
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malicious，cruel， wicked
malicious，cruel， wicked
bad-natured, beastly, bitchy, evil-minded,
bad-natured, beastly, bitchy, evil-minded,
15 hrs
Chinese term (edited):
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no better than beasts
猪狗 describes beasts
不如 no better than
不如 no better than
18 hrs
Chinese term (edited):
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like a swine
just FYR
D:\我收集的词汇，未核对\港台汉英简体词典.txt
行 91609 - 猪.1 N.10 <猪狗>不如 worse than pigs or dogs, like a swine.
找到 1 处。
正在处理文件: D:\我收集的词汇，未核对\台湾宇宙浪子.txt
行 172 - 文祥笑说:"你抱怨什麽 有心有肝又怎样 <猪狗>不都有心肝吗 ||"Xiang laughed: "What're you complaining about Even if you have feelings,so what Don't pigs and dogs have feelings,too "
D:\我收集的词汇，未核对\港台汉英简体词典.txt
行 91609 - 猪.1 N.10 <猪狗>不如 worse than pigs or dogs, like a swine.
找到 1 处。
正在处理文件: D:\我收集的词汇，未核对\台湾宇宙浪子.txt
行 172 - 文祥笑说:"你抱怨什麽 有心有肝又怎样 <猪狗>不都有心肝吗 ||"Xiang laughed: "What're you complaining about Even if you have feelings,so what Don't pigs and dogs have feelings,too "
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