Historical Query (in semantics) Re: [lbo-talk] Prefect Rice

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Mi espouza, a sometime sinologist who speaks Mandarin,
has told me that "running dog" is a literal
translation and sounds better in Chinese, sorta like
son-of-a-bitch in English. I think she told me that
dogs are poorly regarded, and the thought is that
running dogs are cowardly. jks

--- Carrol Cox <cbcox at ilstu.edu> wrote:
> 
> 
> Dwayne Monroe wrote:
> > this running dog 
> 
> I can't remember the first noun in the phrase now,
> but "X [scabs?] and
> running dogs" was widely used in China for a half
> century or so, and
> I've always wondered about the literal reference of
> "running dogs."
> (It's possible that the translator substituted a
> western equivalent of
> the original Chinese -- I don't know.) The best
> guess I've made or heard
> is that it refers to the decorative dogs (coach
> dogs) that accompany the
> carriage of an aristocrat. Dwayne uses the phrase
> here, so perhaps he
> can answer my question.
> 
> Carrol
> 
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