1. pig head2. (coll.) fool3. jerk
1. piglet2. (old) exploited Chinese laborer tricked into working abroad
Year of the Boar (e.g. 2007)
Year 12, year of the Boar (e.g. 2007)
Chinese river dolphin, Lipotes vexillifer
live pig; pig on the hoof
1. pig-dog (intended as insult)2. Schweinhund
cylindrical bamboo or wire frame used to constrain a pig during transport
poria mushroom (Polyporus umbellatus)
weeds or grass used to feed pigs
1. Zhu Bajie, character in Journey to the West 西游记, with pig-like characteristics and armed with a muckrake2. Pigsy in Arthur Waley's translation
Chinese alligator (Alligator sinensis)
tropical pitcher plant (i.e. genus Nepenthes)
1. Berkshire pig2. Berkshire swine
1. dissolute companions2. disreputable comrades
1. worse than a dog or pig2. lower than low
1. pig streptococcus2. streptococcus suis
人怕出名猪怕壮 人怕出名豬怕壯 rén pà chū míng zhū pà zhuàng 1. lit. people fear getting famous like pigs fear fattening up (for the slaughter)2. fig. fame has its price
死猪不怕开水烫 死豬不怕開水燙 sǐ zhū bù pà kāi shuǐ tàng 1. (lit.) a dead pig doesn't fear scalding water (saying)2. (fig.) a person who has nothing more to lose will go to any lengths, regardless of the consequences
1. (economics) (derog.) PIGS (Portugal, Italy, Greece and Spain)2. PIIGS (Portugal, Italy, Ireland, Greece and Spain)
(slang) craving to eat; urge to pig out