拿着鸡毛当令箭 (拿著雞毛當令箭)
ná zhe jī máo dàng lìng jiàn
Pinyin

Definition

拿着鸡毛当令箭 (拿著雞毛當令箭)
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ná zhe jī máo dàng lìng jiàn
  1. to wave a chicken feather as a token of authority (idiom); to assume unwarranted authority on the basis of some pretext

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

拿
ná
  1. 1 old variant of 拿[ná]
令
Líng
  1. 1 see also: 令狐 Líng hú
拿来
ná lái
  1. 1 to bring
  2. 2 to fetch
  3. 3 to get
毛
Máo
  1. 1 surname Mao
毛衣
máo yī
  1. 1 (wool) sweater
  2. 2 classifier: 件 jiàn

Idioms (20)

一毛不拔
yī máo bù bá
  1. 1 stingy (idiom)
一箭之仇
yī jiàn zhī chóu
  1. 1 a wrong suffered (idiom)
  2. 2 old grievance
  3. 3 previous defeat
一箭双雕
yī jiàn shuāng diāo
  1. 1 lit. one arrow, two golden eagles (idiom)
  2. 2 to kill two birds with one stone
三令五申
sān lìng wǔ shēn
  1. 1 to order again and again (idiom)
中箭落马
zhòng jiàn luò mǎ
  1. 1 lit. to be struck by an arrow and fall from one's horse
  2. 2 to suffer a serious setback (idiom)