烏狗

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See also: 乌狗

Chinese

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a crow; black; not
a crow; black; not; empty; void
 
dog
trad. (烏狗)
simp. (乌狗)
alternative forms 黑狗

Etymology

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"stout, Guinness"
From the use of animals on Guinness packaging for exported stout to represent the local distributor of each country (a black dog for Malaysia, a wolf ("red-tongued dog") for Singapore, and a cat for Indonesia).

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Noun

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烏狗

  1. (literally) black dog
  2. (Malaysia) stout, especially Guinness Foreign Extra Stout
  3. (Taiwanese Hokkien) a player, a womanizer, a bad boy
  4. (Taiwanese Hokkien) a man who is fashionable, trendy or popular

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