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The


Differences


of


the


Denotative


Meaning


of


“Dog” in Chinese and English Language































Yiying




(School of Foreign Language, China West Normal University, 637000)


Abstract:


different countries have different culture. In the long history when we talk about


animals, we have discovered their nature and traits. Thus, a great of words and phrases and idioms


of animals are coined to express a more vivid and cunning meaning. Meanwhile, there are lots of


differences between the use of animal in Chinese and English. Therefore, only the students master


the differences of some particular animals, can they avoid making mistake in daily communication?


Due to the important role of understanding the cultural differences, it is essential for students to


learn


and


master


this


knowledge


deeply


and


expertly.


The


original


appearance


of


dog


and


it


nowadays meaning are studied in this paper. The differences are discovered them.


Key Words:


Dog; Idiom; Chinese; English; Differences.


I Introduction




According to transfer theory in second language acquisition, there are two different transfer


including


positive


transfer


and


negative


transfer.


There


are


a


lot


of


idioms,


phrases


and


slangs


which contain animals in them both in Chinese and English. This paper tried to conclude one of


the animals of 12 Chinese zodiacs---


dog?s denotative meanings. Before writing this paper, a lot of


books and passage have been both in paper characteristics and on internet. Finally, the differences


of


the


denotative


m


eaning


of


“dog”


in


Chinese


and


English


are


discovered


in


order


to


let


the


students learn the idioms, phrases and slangs which contain a “dog” easily and enjoyably; also to


arouse their interest of learning English.


II The origin of the dog


2.1 legends of the dog in Chinese culture




There have a lot of dogs? stories in ancient time.


For instance, in Tao Qian?s “Duration of


Immortals”, there was a person whose first name was Yang and who lived in Jin dynasty. He had a


dog. In daily life, he went out together with the dog and was like peas and carrots. One day, he


was drunk, passed through a swamp, lay on the grass and fell asleep at once. Unfortunately, one


unknowing fire was starting to burn the grass and become more and more violent by wind. The


dog


deeply


frightened


and


constantly


cried.


However,


Mr.


Yang


still


didn?t


wake


up.


The


dog


showed resourcefulness in a emergence. He jumped into a pond so that lots of water is in his body.


He


put


out


the


fire


through


jumping


the


pond


and


bought


out


the


water


over


and


over


again.


Finally, the person was survival and the dog was dead due to exhaustion. There have also a great


deal of stories about the dog?s sacrifice in order to his master. Therefore, people in ancient time



had a good impression on do


g. They considered dog as loyalist. So there is a say in Chinese: ?A


son never thinks his mother ugly, and a dog never shuns its owner?s home how shabby it is.?


(儿


不嫌母丑,狗不嫌家贫)


However, as time went by, the denotative meaning of dog became more

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