火鸡 (火雞)
huǒ jī
Pinyin

Definition

火鸡 (火雞)
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huǒ jī
  1. turkey

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

上火
shàng huǒ
  1. 1 to get angry
  2. 2 to suffer from excessive internal heat (TCM)
火
Huǒ
  1. 1 surname Huo
火星
Huǒ xīng
  1. 1 Mars (planet)
火线
Huǒ xiàn
  1. 1 FireWire (IEEE 1394 data-transfer interface)
火车
huǒ chē
  1. 1 train
  2. 2 classifier: 列 liè
  3. 3 classifier: 节 jié
  4. 4 classifier: 班 bān
  5. 5 classifier: 趟 tàng

Idioms (20)

不到火候不揭锅
bù dào huǒ hòu bù jiē guō
  1. 1 don't act until the time is ripe (idiom)
刀山火海
dāo shān huǒ hǎi
  1. 1 lit. mountains of daggers and seas of flames
  2. 2 fig. extreme danger (idiom)
厝火积薪
cuò huǒ jī xīn
  1. 1 lit. to put a fire under a pile of firewood (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. hidden danger
  3. 3 imminent danger
城门失火，殃及池鱼
chéng mén shī huǒ , yāng jí chí yú
  1. 1 a fire in the city gates is also a calamity for the fish in the moat (idiom); the bystander will also suffer
  2. 2 fig. you can't escape responsibility for your actions
  3. 3 ask not for whom the bell tolls - it tolls for thee
如火如荼
rú huǒ rú tú
  1. 1 like wildfire (idiom)
  2. 2 unstoppable

Sample Sentences

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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火鸡
huǒjī
Turkey.
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对，感恩节要吃火鸡。你吃过火鸡吗？
duì ，Gǎn\'ēnjié yào chī huǒjī 。nǐ chī guo huǒjī ma ？
Yes, on Thanksgiving you should eat turkey. Have you eaten turkey before?
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Greg，你们感恩节吃火鸡吗？
Greg ，nǐmen Gǎn\'ēnjié chī huǒjī ma ？
Greg, do you guys eat turkey on Thanksgiving?
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是吗？我喜欢吃火鸡。
shì ma ？wǒ xǐhuan chī huǒjī 。
Really? I like to eat turkey.
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不好吃。火鸡的肉很硬。我觉得北京烤鸭比火鸡好吃。
bù hǎochī 。huǒjī de ròu hěn yìng 。wǒ juéde Běijīng kǎoyā bǐ huǒjī hǎochī 。
It was bad. Turkey meat is very tough. I think Beijing duck is tastier than turkey.
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火鸡好吃吗？
huǒjī hǎochī ma ？
Does the turkey taste good?
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还要吃火鸡，对吗？
hái yào chī huǒjī ，duì ma ？
And you eat turkey, right?
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