斗鸡
dòu jī
Pinyin

Definition

斗鸡
 - 
dòu jī
  1. cock fighting

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

奋斗
fèn dòu
  1. 1 to strive
  2. 2 to struggle
战斗
zhàn dòu
  1. 1 to fight
  2. 2 to engage in combat
  3. 3 struggle
  4. 4 battle
  5. 5 CL:場|场[cháng],次[cì]
鸡
jī
  1. 1 fowl
  2. 2 chicken
  3. 3 CL:隻|只[zhī]
  4. 4 (slang) prostitute
鸡蛋
jī dàn
  1. 1 (chicken) egg
  2. 2 hen's egg
  3. 3 CL:個|个[gè],打[dá]
斗
dòu
  1. 1 to fight
  2. 2 to struggle
  3. 3 to condemn
  4. 4 to censure
  5. 5 to contend
  6. 6 to put together
  7. 7 coming together
公鸡
gōng jī
  1. 1 cock
  2. 2 rooster
勾心斗角
gōu xīn dòu jiǎo
  1. 1 to fight and scheme against each other (idiom)
  2. 2 (in palace construction) elaborate and refined
呆若木鸡
dāi ruò mù jī
  1. 1 lit. dumb as a wooden chicken (idiom); fig. dumbstruck
宝鸡
Bǎo jī
  1. 1 Baoji prefecture-level city in Shaanxi
  2. 2 called Chencang 陳倉|陈仓[Chén cāng] in ancient times
小鸡
xiǎo jī
  1. 1 chick
战斗力
zhàn dòu lì
  1. 1 fighting strength
战斗机
zhàn dòu jī
  1. 1 fighter (aircraft)
打斗
dǎ dòu
  1. 1 to fight
批斗
pī dòu
  1. 1 to drag sb before a public meeting to denounce, humiliate and physically abuse them (esp. during the Cultural Revolution)
拼斗
pīn dòu
  1. 1 to engage (in a fight)
搏斗
bó dòu
  1. 1 to wrestle
  2. 2 to fight
  3. 3 to struggle
格斗
gé dòu
  1. 1 to wrestle
母鸡
mǔ jī
  1. 1 hen
决斗
jué dòu
  1. 1 to duel
  2. 2 a duel
  3. 3 decisive struggle
火鸡
huǒ jī
  1. 1 turkey

Idioms (20)

一人得道，鸡犬升天
yī rén dé dào , jī quǎn shēng tiān
  1. 1 lit. when a man achieves the Dao, his poultry and dogs rise to Heaven (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to ride on sb else's success
  3. 3 Once one man gets a government position, all his cronies get in too
  4. 4 Once sb has cracked the problem, every Tom, Dick and Harry can do it
二虎相斗，必有一伤
èr hǔ xiāng dòu , bì yǒu yī shāng
  1. 1 lit. when two tigers fight, one is sure to be wounded (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. if it comes to a fight, someone will get hurt
偷鸡不成蚀把米
tōu jī bù chéng shí bǎ mǐ
  1. 1 lit. to try to steal a chicken only to end up losing the rice used to lure it (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to try to gain an advantage only to end up worse off
  3. 3 to go for wool and come back shorn
偷鸡摸狗
tōu jī mō gǒu
  1. 1 to imitate the dog and steal chicken (idiom)
  2. 2 to pilfer
  3. 3 to dally with women
  4. 4 to have affairs
两虎相斗
liǎng hǔ xiāng dòu
  1. 1 two tigers fight (idiom); fig. a dispute between two powerful adversaries
  2. 2 a battle of the giants
两虎相斗，必有一伤
liǎng hǔ xiāng dòu , bì yǒu yī shāng
  1. 1 when two tigers fight, one will get injured (idiom)
  2. 2 if it comes to a fight, someone will get hurt.
割鸡焉用牛刀
gē jī yān yòng niú dāo
  1. 1 lit. why use a pole-ax to slaughter a chicken? (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to waste effort on a trifling matter
  3. 3 also written 殺雞焉用牛刀|杀鸡焉用牛刀[shā jī yān yòng niú dāo]
勾心斗角
gōu xīn dòu jiǎo
  1. 1 to fight and scheme against each other (idiom)
  2. 2 (in palace construction) elaborate and refined
呆若木鸡
dāi ruò mù jī
  1. 1 lit. dumb as a wooden chicken (idiom); fig. dumbstruck
问客杀鸡
wèn kè shā jī
  1. 1 lit. asking guests whether or not to butcher a chicken for them (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. hypocritical show of affection (or hospitality)
单打独斗
dān dǎ dú dòu
  1. 1 to fight alone (idiom)
困兽犹斗
kùn shòu yóu dòu
  1. 1 a cornered beast will still fight (idiom)
  2. 2 to fight like an animal at bay
坐山观虎斗
zuò shān guān hǔ dòu
  1. 1 sit on the mountain and watch the tigers fight
  2. 2 watch in safety whilst others fight then reap the rewards when both sides are exhausted (idiom)
好男不跟女斗
hǎo nán bù gēn nu:3 dòu
  1. 1 a real man doesn't fight with womenfolk (idiom)
嫁鸡随鸡
jià jī suí jī
  1. 1 If you marry a chicken, follow the chicken (idiom); A woman should follow whatever her husband orders.
  2. 2 We must learn to accept the people around us.
嫁鸡随鸡，嫁狗随狗
jià jī suí jī , jià gǒu suí gǒu
  1. 1 if you marry a chicken follow the chicken, if you marry a dog follow the dog (idiom)
宁做鸡头，不做凤尾
nìng zuò jī tóu , bù zuò fèng wěi
  1. 1 lit. would rather be a chicken's head than a phoenix's tail (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to prefer to be a big fish in a small pond rather than a small fish in a big pond
小肚鸡肠
xiǎo dù jī cháng
  1. 1 lit. small belly, chicken's gut (idiom); narrow-minded
  2. 2 petty
手无缚鸡之力
shǒu wú fù jī zhī lì
  1. 1 lit. lacking the strength even to truss a chicken (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. weak
  3. 3 unaccustomed to physical work
拿着鸡毛当令箭
ná zhe jī máo dàng lìng jiàn
  1. 1 to wave a chicken feather as a token of authority (idiom); to assume unwarranted authority on the basis of some pretext

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