Chinese

Noun

走狗

1. running dog, lackey

   1968, Mao Zedong, Chairman Mao's "The Movement of World Revolution" (毛主席论世界革命), :

这些国家的人民起来反对美帝国主义的和其它帝国主义的走狗，也就是反对帝国主义的反动统治。 (People opposed to the reactionary rule of imperialism in these countries are rising up against U.S. imperialism and other running dogs of imperialism.)

See also

• 狗腿子 (gǒutǔizǐ)
• 狗腿

Japanese

Noun

走狗 ‎(hiragana そうく, romaji sōku)

1. hound
2. a tool of another person, cat's paw
   • 1929, 小林多喜二, 不在地主:

     警察 (けいさつ)は如何 (いか)にも君等 (きみら)の言 (い)う通 (とお)り、資本家 (しほんか)の走狗 (そうく)だ。

     Keisatsu wa ika ni mo kimi-ra no iu-tōri, shihonka no sōku da.

     Like you all said, those police are nothing more than capitalist tools.