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This is a popular word in China. I know 舔 means lick, 狗 means dog. But it seems that the meaning of 舔狗 is not to do with lick, there is a sentence says 舔狗不得好死, so I think it's a noun. And according another sentence 舔狗舔到最后一无所有, I think it can not be translated as licking dog. So how to translate it?

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  • Looks like a slang. Need more context to guess.
    – fefe
    Dec 26, 2018 at 1:22
  • answered through web search with"舔狗": e.g. fanjian.net/jbk/tiangou.html
    – user6065
    Dec 26, 2018 at 1:23
  • @user6065 According to your link, it seems that it can be translated to a flatterer who has no dignity?
    – 萝莉w
    Dec 26, 2018 at 1:27
  • 两种用法， 一种 是形容在两性关系中明知道对方不喜欢自己，还一再地毫无尊严和底线地用热脸去贴冷屁股(to show warm feelings but meet with cold rebuke (idiom) to be snubbed despite showing good intentions) 的人，用更直白粗鄙的叫法我们可以理解为是一种犯贱(行动不自重，显得轻贱骂人的话。指天生的贱骨头，只要人打骂)。另外 一种是形容毫无原则和底线去溜须拍马( fawn on; shamelessly flatter) 、阿谀奉承的人。
    – user6065
    Dec 26, 2018 at 1:39

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Baidu Baike defines 舔狗 as:

“舔狗”，作为网络语的该词，其含义是指代那些无脑去奉承他人的人。通常有两种用法，一种是形容在感情生活中明知道对方不喜欢自己，还一再无底线的讨好对方。另外一种是形容毫无原则去阿谀奉承的人。

As for a translation words like:

  • kiss-ass

  • brown-noser

should work.

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its the chinese version of “simp” LMAO

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