Results for “鸡”

(mahjong) bird tile / one bam

chick / baby chicken

(slang) (of a woman) to work as a prostitute

lit. to try to steal a chicken only to end up losing the rice used to lure it (idiom) / fig. to try to gain an advantage only to end up worse off / to go for wool and come back shorn

see 偷雞不成蝕把米|偷鸡不成蚀把米[tōu jī bù chéng shí bǎ mǐ]

to imitate the dog and steal chicken (idiom) / to pilfer / to dally with women / to have affairs

see 殺雞焉用牛刀|杀鸡焉用牛刀[shā jī yān yòng niú dāo]

(bird species of China) koklass pheasant (Pucrasia macrolopha)

laying hen

samgyetang, popular Korean chicken soup with ginseng, spices etc

steamed chicken with chili sauce

rooster / cock / (slang) (Cantonese) to visit a prostitute

(video games) PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds (PUBG) / battle royale game / last-man-standing game / to play PUBG (or similar game) / to win at PUBG (or similar game)

turkey

lit. dumb as a wooden chicken (idiom) / fig. dumbstruck

lit. asking guests whether or not to butcher a chicken for them (idiom) / fig. hypocritical show of affection (or hospitality)

four-eyes (facetious term for a person who wears glasses)

free-range chicken

dapanji or "big plate chicken", a kind of spicy chicken stew originating from Xinjiang

(bird species of China) Przevalski's partridge (Alectoris magna)

cream sponge

(bird species of China) little crake (Zapornia parva)

If you marry a chicken, follow the chicken (idiom) / A woman should follow whatever her husband orders. / We must learn to accept the people around us.

if you marry a chicken follow the chicken, if you marry a dog follow the dog (idiom)

Kung Pao Chicken / spicy diced chicken

gong bao chicken / spicy diced chicken

lit. would rather be a chicken's head than a phoenix's tail (idiom) / fig. to prefer to be a big fish in a small pond rather than a small fish in a big pond

see 寧做雞頭，不做鳳尾|宁做鸡头，不做凤尾[nìng zuò jī tóu , bù zuò fèng wěi]

(bird species of China) Baillon's crake (Zapornia pusilla)

lit. small belly, chicken's gut (idiom) / narrow-minded / petty

penis (child's word)

squeaky rubber chicken

Reeves's pheasant (Syrmaticus reevesii) / (dialect) pheasant

(often used disparagingly) feel-good motivational story or quote (from the Chinese translation of the title of the 1993 self-help bestseller "Chicken Soup for the Soul")

(lit.) lacking the strength even to truss a chicken (saying) / (fig.) weak / unaccustomed to physical work

lit. to inject chicken blood / (coll.) extremely excited or energetic (often used mockingly)

to talk shit / to drivel / bullshit

to wave a chicken feather as a token of authority (idiom) / to assume unwarranted authority on the basis of some pretext

lit. to point at the chicken while scolding the dog (idiom) / fig. to make indirect criticisms

omelet / to make an omelet