公鸡 (公雞)
gōng jī
Pinyin

Definition

公鸡 (公雞)
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gōng jī
  1. cock
  2. rooster

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

公主
gōng zhǔ
  1. 1 princess
公交
gōng jiāo
  1. 1 public transportation
  2. 2 mass transit
  3. 3 abbr. for 公共交通[gōng gòng jiāo tōng]
公交车
gōng jiāo chē
  1. 1 public transport vehicle
  2. 2 town bus
  3. 3 classifier: 辆 liàng
公司
gōng sī
  1. 1 (business) company
  2. 2 company
  3. 3 firm
  4. 4 corporation
  5. 5 incorporated
  6. 6 classifier: 家 jiā
公园
gōng yuán
  1. 1 park (for public recreation)
  2. 2 classifier: 个 gè
  3. 3 classifier: 座 zuò

Idioms (20)

假公济私
jiǎ gōng jì sī
  1. 1 official authority used for private interests (idiom); to attain private ends by abusing public position
公之于世
gōng zhī yú shì
  1. 1 to announce to the world (idiom)
  2. 2 to make public
  3. 3 to let everyone know
公之于众
gōng zhī yú zhòng
  1. 1 to make known to the masses (idiom); to publicize widely
  2. 2 to let the world know
公事公办
gōng shì gōng bàn
  1. 1 to do things in a strictly businesslike manner (idiom)
公而忘私
gōng ér wàng sī
  1. 1 for the common good and forgetting personal interests (idiom); to behave altruistically
  2. 2 selfless

Sample Sentences

铁公鸡
tiěgōngjī
A stingy person.
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错！绵羊“面”，山羊“咩”，不一样！那还有，火鸡、公鸡跟母鸡，叫起来有什么不一样？
cuò ！miányáng “miàn ”，shānyáng “miē ”，bù yīyàng ！nà hái yǒu ，huǒjī 、gōngjī gēn mǔjī ，jiào qǐlái yǒu shénme bù yīyàng ？
Wrong! Sheep go "baa", goats go "Meh", they're different! And also what's the difference between the calls of turkeys, roosters and hens?
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他从来不请人吃饭，是一个铁公鸡。
tā cónglái bù qǐng rén chīfàn ，shì yī ge tiěgōngjī 。
He never treats anyone to a meal; he‘s a real miser.
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铁公鸡
tiěgōngjī
miser, (lit. iron rooster)
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公鸡
gōngjī
Rooster.
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啊哟，你这个铁公鸡总算请客了。我怎么能错过呢？
āyō ，nǐ zhège tiěgōngjī zǒngsuàn qǐngkè le 。wǒ zěnme néng cuòguò ne ？
Ah, so the scrooge is finally treating! How could I pass that up?
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啧啧啧，史上最有名的铁公鸡要拔毛了，难得难得。
zé zé zé ，shǐ shàng zuì yǒumíng de tiěgōngjī yào bámáo le ，nándé nándé 。
Tsk, tsk, tsk. The stingiest woman in history is finally going to spend some money - so rare.
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他是一个铁公鸡。
tā shì yī ge tiěgōngjī 。
He's a stingy person.
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