The other day, I found myself on a walk through my local neighborhood.
At one house, the 狗 ran out to greet me. I had to stop and pay it heed, but 狗 seemed happy.
⚙️ 狗 (GOU3) = "dog".
💡 The median reader knows no Chinese whatsoever; it is futile to hope that they might at least know a few common words such as 狗.
Then the owner came out. "BAD DOG". This was the cue for more growling.
🔥 was the 狗 bad, or the owner?