喪家之狗

see 喪家之犬|丧家之犬[sang4 jia1 zhi1 quan3]

mourning / funeral / (old) corpse

to lose sth abstract but important (courage, authority, one's life etc) / to be bereaved of (one's spouse etc) / to die / disappointed / discouraged

see 傢伙|家伙[jia1 huo5]

home / family / (polite) my (sister, uncle etc) / classifier for families or businesses / refers to the philosophical schools of pre-Han China / noun suffix for a specialist in some activity, such as a musician or revolutionary, corresponding to English -ist, -er, -ary or -ian / CL:個|个[ge4]

(possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的[de5]) / him / her / it

dog / CL:隻|只[zhi1],條|条[tiao2]