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| | fowl / chicken / CL: 隻|只 / (slang) prostitute | HSK 2 |
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| | to cover; to spread over / a cover; a shade; a hood / bamboo fish trap / bamboo chicken coop / (Tw) (coll.) to protect; to have sb's back / (Tw) (coll.) awesome; incredible / (Tw) (coll.) (often as 罩得住) to have things under control; to be able to handle it | HSK 7-9 |
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| | a crane in a flock of chicken (idiom); way above the common / manifestly superior | HSK 7-9 |
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| | roast chicken | |
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| | lit. chickens flying and dogs jumping (idiom) / fig. in chaos / in disarray | |
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| | chicken meat | |
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| | lit. killing the chicken to warn the monkey (idiom) / fig. to punish an individual as an example to others / pour encourager les autres | |
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| | karaoke / (Tw) (of chicken etc) crispy, deep-fried | |
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| | chicken ribs / sth of little value or interest / sth of dubious worth that one is reluctant to give up / to be physically weak | |
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| | vegetarian chicken, a soybean product | |
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| | free-range chicken | |
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| | chicken feet (cuisine) | |
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| | KFC / Kentucky Fried Chicken | |
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| | chicken in rice wine / also translated drunken chicken | |
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| | chicken feather / CL: 根 / trivial | |
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| | lit. chicken feathers and garlic skins (idiom) / fig. trivial (matter) | |
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| | Cantonese poached chicken, known as "white cut chicken" | |
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| | chicken coop | |
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| | lit. lacking the strength even to truss a chicken (idiom) / fig. weak / unaccustomed to physical work | |
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| | lit. dumb as a wooden chicken (idiom); fig. dumbstruck | |
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| | a turtle that pulls its head in / (fig.) coward / chicken | |
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| | black-boned chicken / silky fowl / silkie / Gallus gallus domesticus Brisson | |
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| | lit. small belly, chicken's gut (idiom); narrow-minded / petty | |
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| | (idiom) chicken-hearted; gutless | |
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| | chicken farm | |
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| | lit. (when a person attains enlightenment and immortality), even his chickens and dogs will ascend to heaven with him (idiom) / fig. (when somebody attains a position of power and influence), their relatives and friends also benefit / (2nd half of the saying 一人得道, 雞犬升天|一人得道, 鸡犬升天) | |
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| | to imitate the dog and steal chicken (idiom) / to pilfer / to dally with women / to have affairs | |
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| | lit. not even chickens and dogs are spared (idiom) / fig. mass slaughter | |
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| | if you marry a chicken follow the chicken, if you marry a dog follow the dog (idiom) | |
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| | chick / newly hatched chicken | |
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| | chicken gizzard lining | |
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| | diced chicken meat | |
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| | free-range chicken | |
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| | Kung Pao Chicken / spicy diced chicken | |
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| | lit. to kill the chicken to get the eggs (idiom) / fig. to kill the goose that lays the golden eggs | |
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| | to wave a chicken feather as a token of authority (idiom); to assume unwarranted authority on the basis of some pretext | |
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| | lit. a pair of birds flying close together (idiom) / fig. two hearts beating as one / name of a sweet and sour chicken wing dish | |
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| | the chicken has flown the coop and the eggs are broken / a dead loss (idiom) | |
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| | free-range chicken / (dialect) hen / cowardly | |
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| | Kentucky Fried Chicken (KFC) | |
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| | orange jasmine (Murraya paniculata) / "chicken butt", popular Taiwan snack on a stick, made of marinated "white cut chicken" butt | |
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| | 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. | |
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| | a stump on which chickens roost | |
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| | female chicken crows at daybreak (idiom); a woman usurps authority / women meddle in politics / The female wears the trousers. | |
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| | counting one's chickens before they are hatched | |
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| | a variety of chicken | |
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| | chicken raised for meat / broiler / (computing) zombie / infected computer in a botnet | |
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| | yakitori, a Japanese dish of skewered grilled chicken | |
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| | lit. not even the chickens and dogs are left undisturbed (idiom) / fig. great commotion / pandemonium | |
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| | a variety of free-range chicken, small with furless legs, laying smaller eggs | |
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| | a simple inn with only chicken feathers to sleep on | |
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| | timid; cowardly; chicken-hearted | |
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| | lit. why use a pole-ax to slaughter a chicken? (idiom) / fig. to waste effort on a trifling matter / also written 殺雞焉用牛刀|杀鸡焉用牛刀 | |
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| | lit. killing the chicken to scare the monkey (idiom); to punish an individual as an example to others / pour encourager les autres | |
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| | the three sacrificial animals (originally cow, sheep and pig; later pig, chicken and fish) | |
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| | lit. chicken speaking with duck / fig. talking without communicating / people not understanding each other | |
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| | breast meat (of chicken etc) | |
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| | lit. a chicken and a bottle of wine (idiom); fig. ready to make an offering to the deceased, or to entertain guests | |
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| | six domestic animals, namely: pig, cow, sheep, horse, chicken and dog | |
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| | female chicken crows at daybreak (idiom); a woman usurps authority / women meddle in politics / The female wears the trousers. | |
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| | free-range chicken | |
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| | Japanese-style fried food, usually chicken (orthographic borrowing from Japanese 唐揚げ "karaage") | |
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| | chicken stock / chicken soup / (fig.) chicken soup for the soul – i.e. feel-good motivational stories (often used disparagingly because the stories don't really effect change in people's lives) | |
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| | chicken leg / drumstick / CL: 根 | |
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| | breast meat (brisket, chicken breast etc) | |
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| | chicken nugget / chicken piece | |
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| | steamed chicken with chili sauce | |
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| | chicken feet | |
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| | chicken breast / chicken cutlet | |
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| | chicken nuggets / popcorn chicken | |
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| | Cantonese poached chicken, known as "white cut chicken" | |
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| | 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 | |
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| | crispy fried chicken | |
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| | Taiwan-style popcorn chicken | |
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| | lit. when a person attains enlightenment and immortality, even his chickens and dogs will ascend to heaven with him (idiom) / fig. when somebody attains a position of power and influence, their relatives and friends also benefit | |
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| | chicken drumstick (Tw) | |
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| | lemon chicken | |
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| | oyakodon, a donburi topped with chicken and egg (orthographic borrowing from Japanese) | |
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| | lit. to mistake a chicken for a phoenix (idiom) / fig. to overestimate sth's worth | |
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| | free-range chicken | |
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| | chick; baby chicken | |
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| | samgyetang, popular Korean chicken soup with ginseng, spices etc | |
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| | lit. asking guests whether or not to butcher a chicken for them (idiom) / fig. hypocritical show of affection (or hospitality) | |
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| | dapanji or "big plate chicken", a kind of spicy chicken stew originating from Xinjiang | |
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| | gong bao chicken / spicy diced chicken | |
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| | 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 | |
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| | General Tso's chicken, a deep-fried chicken dish | |
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| | (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") | |
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| | lit. to inject chicken blood / (coll.) extremely excited or energetic (often used mockingly) | |
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| | lit. to point at the chicken while scolding the dog (idiom) / fig. to make indirect criticisms | |
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| | see 烏骨雞|乌骨鸡 / black-boned chicken / silky fowl / silkie | |
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| | kill the chickens and butcher the geese (idiom) | |
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| | lit. to kill a chicken in front of a monkey; fig. to make an example of sb (by punishment) to frighten others | |
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| | lit. killing the chicken to warn the monkey (idiom); to punish an individual as an example to others / pour encourager les autres | |
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| | fried chicken | |
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| | black-boned chicken / silky fowl / silkie / Gallus gallus domesticus Brisson | |
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| | black-boned chicken / silky fowl / silkie / Gallus gallus domesticus Brisson / see also 烏骨雞|乌骨鸡 | |
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| | chicken with cashew nuts | |
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| | spicy chicken / (Internet slang) garbage (pun on 垃圾) | |
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