鸡 (雞)
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Pinyin
Definition
鸡 (雞)
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- fowl
- chicken
- CL:隻|只[zhī]
- (slang) prostitute
Character Decomposition
Idioms (20)
一人得道,鸡犬升天
- 1 lit. when a man achieves the Dao, his poultry and dogs rise to Heaven (idiom)
- 2 fig. to ride on sb else's success
- 3 Once one man gets a government position, all his cronies get in too
- 4 Once sb has cracked the problem, every Tom, Dick and Harry can do it
偷鸡不成蚀把米
- 1 lit. to try to steal a chicken only to end up losing the rice used to lure it (idiom)
- 2 fig. to try to gain an advantage only to end up worse off
- 3 to go for wool and come back shorn
偷鸡摸狗
- 1 to imitate the dog and steal chicken (idiom)
- 2 to pilfer
- 3 to dally with women
- 4 to have affairs
割鸡焉用牛刀
- 1 lit. why use a pole-ax to slaughter a chicken? (idiom)
- 2 fig. to waste effort on a trifling matter
- 3 also written 殺雞焉用牛刀|杀鸡焉用牛刀[shā jī yān yòng niú dāo]
呆若木鸡
- 1 lit. dumb as a wooden chicken (idiom); fig. dumbstruck
Sample Sentences
我的鸡下蛋了。
My chicken laid an egg.
平常看他挺老实的,谁也没想到他会干出这样偷鸡摸狗的事。
He seems to be an honest person so no one expected that he would do such a stealthy thing.
就是,上次我去芬兰,天下着雪呢,我们到餐厅吃饭,人家硬是一壶带冰的水放你面前。我看着就起鸡皮,没法喝,还好我随身带了保温杯。
Exactly, the last time I visited Finland, it was snowing. We went to a restaurant to eat and they served us with a pot of ice water. Just looking at it gave me goosebumps. I could not drink it but fortunately I brought my thermos mug.
在卡尔维诺小说《车间里的母鸡》里的皮埃德罗,患哮喘的他一个人操纵四台机器,
In Calvino's novel "The Workshop Hen", Pietro, with his asthma, operates four machines at the same time.
这时,他一阵毛骨悚然,起了一身鸡皮疙瘩。
Just then, he felt a chill down his spine and got goose bumps all over him.
等你回来,我一定请你吃蒸羊羔,蒸鹿尾,烧花鸭,烧雏鸡,烧子鹅,卤煮咸鸭……
When you return I’ll treat you to steamed lamb, steamed deer tail, roasted duck, roasted chicken, roasted goose, braised salted duck ...
这是黄鼠狼给鸡拜年,你真的要小心啊!
When the fox preaches, take care of your geese. You really should be careful.
黄鼠狼想吃鸡,却要跟它拜年。
Weasels want to eat chicken, but they wish them a good year.
黄鼠狼给鸡拜年。
When the fox preaches, take care of your geese.
偷鸡前,要先喂它米。让它出来,我才能偷走它。
Before you steal the chicken, you need to feed it rice. To make it come out, so that you can steal it.