落水狗 (là) — (figurative) a disgraced villain; a bad person who is down and out; (literal) a drowning dog

Definition

Examples

• 大家不要去打落水狗，他已经够惨了。
  Dà jiā bú yào qù dǎ là, tā yǐ jīng gòu cǎn le.
  Everyone, don't kick him when he's down — he's already miserable enough.
• 那个贪官现在成了落水狗，谁都不愿意帮他。
  Nà ge tān guān xiàn zài chéng le là, shuí dōu bú yuàn yì bāng tā.
  That corrupt official has become a drowning dog — nobody is willing to help him.
• 在竞争中失败后，他就像一只落水狗。
  Zài jìng zhēng zhōng shī bài hòu, tā jiù xiàng yì zhī là.
  After losing in the competition, he was like a drowning dog.