| 效犬马之劳 |
xiào quǎn mǎ zhī láo |
to render one's humble services / to be at sb's beck and call |
| 效 |
xiào |
variant of 效 |
| 效 |
xiào |
to imitate (variant of 效) |
| 效 |
xiào |
variant of 效 |
| 效 |
xiào |
effect / efficacy / to imitate |
| 犬 |
quǎn |
dog / Kangxi radical 94 |
| 犬马之劳 |
quǎn mǎ zhī láo |
lit. the service of a dog or a horse (idiom) / fig. faithful service |
| 马 |
Mǎ |
surname Ma / abbr. for Malaysia 马来西亚 |
| 马 |
mǎ |
horse / CL:匹 / horse or cavalry piece in Chinese chess / knight in Western chess |
| 之 |
zhī |
(possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的) / him / her / it |
| 劳 |
láo |
to toil / labor / laborer / to put sb to trouble (of doing sth) / meritorious deed / to console (Taiwan pr. [lao4] for this sense) |