乌鸡
wū jī
Pinyin

Definition

乌鸡
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wū jī
  1. black-boned chicken
  2. silky fowl
  3. silkie
  4. Gallus gallus domesticus Brisson

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

公鸡
gōng jī
  1. 1 cock
  2. 2 rooster
小鸡
xiǎo jī
  1. 1 chick
乌
Wū
  1. 1 abbr. for Ukraine 烏克蘭|乌克兰[Wū kè lán]
  2. 2 surname Wu
乌鸦
wū yā
  1. 1 crow
  2. 2 raven
乌龟
wū guī
  1. 1 tortoise
  2. 2 cuckold
鸡
jī
  1. 1 fowl
  2. 2 chicken
  3. 3 CL:隻|只[zhī]
  4. 4 (slang) prostitute
鸡汤
jī tāng
  1. 1 chicken stock
  2. 2 chicken soup
  3. 3 (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)
鸡肉
jī ròu
  1. 1 chicken meat
鸡腿
jī tuǐ
  1. 1 chicken leg
  2. 2 drumstick
  3. 3 CL:根[gēn]
鸡蛋
jī dàn
  1. 1 (chicken) egg
  2. 2 hen's egg
  3. 3 CL:個|个[gè],打[dá]
何首乌
hé shǒu wū
  1. 1 Chinese knotweed (Polygonum multiflorum)
  2. 2 fleeceflower root
偷鸡摸狗
tōu jī mō gǒu
  1. 1 to imitate the dog and steal chicken (idiom)
  2. 2 to pilfer
  3. 3 to dally with women
  4. 4 to have affairs
化为乌有
huà wéi wū yǒu
  1. 1 to go up in smoke
  2. 2 to vanish
叫鸡
jiào jī
  1. 1 rooster
  2. 2 cock
  3. 3 (slang) (Cantonese) to visit a prostitute
呆若木鸡
dāi ruò mù jī
  1. 1 lit. dumb as a wooden chicken (idiom); fig. dumbstruck
土鸡
tǔ jī
  1. 1 free-range chicken
宝鸡
Bǎo jī
  1. 1 Baoji prefecture-level city in Shaanxi
  2. 2 called Chencang 陳倉|陈仓[Chén cāng] in ancient times
小肚鸡肠
xiǎo dù jī cháng
  1. 1 lit. small belly, chicken's gut (idiom); narrow-minded
  2. 2 petty
山鸡
shān jī
  1. 1 Reeves's pheasant (Syrmaticus reevesii)
  2. 2 (dialect) pheasant
爱屋及乌
ài wū jí wū
  1. 1 lit. love the house and its crow (idiom); involvement with sb and everyone connected
  2. 2 Love me, love my dog.

Idioms (20)

一人得道，鸡犬升天
yī rén dé dào , jī quǎn shēng tiān
  1. 1 lit. when a man achieves the Dao, his poultry and dogs rise to Heaven (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to ride on sb else's success
  3. 3 Once one man gets a government position, all his cronies get in too
  4. 4 Once sb has cracked the problem, every Tom, Dick and Harry can do it
偷鸡不成蚀把米
tōu jī bù chéng shí bǎ mǐ
  1. 1 lit. to try to steal a chicken only to end up losing the rice used to lure it (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to try to gain an advantage only to end up worse off
  3. 3 to go for wool and come back shorn
偷鸡摸狗
tōu jī mō gǒu
  1. 1 to imitate the dog and steal chicken (idiom)
  2. 2 to pilfer
  3. 3 to dally with women
  4. 4 to have affairs
割鸡焉用牛刀
gē jī yān yòng niú dāo
  1. 1 lit. why use a pole-ax to slaughter a chicken? (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to waste effort on a trifling matter
  3. 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
dāi ruò mù jī
  1. 1 lit. dumb as a wooden chicken (idiom); fig. dumbstruck
问客杀鸡
wèn kè shā jī
  1. 1 lit. asking guests whether or not to butcher a chicken for them (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. hypocritical show of affection (or hospitality)
天下乌鸦一般黑
tiān xià wū yā yī bān hēi
  1. 1 all crows are black (idiom)
  2. 2 evil people are bad all over the world
嫁鸡随鸡
jià jī suí jī
  1. 1 If you marry a chicken, follow the chicken (idiom); A woman should follow whatever her husband orders.
  2. 2 We must learn to accept the people around us.
嫁鸡随鸡，嫁狗随狗
jià jī suí jī , jià gǒu suí gǒu
  1. 1 if you marry a chicken follow the chicken, if you marry a dog follow the dog (idiom)
宁做鸡头，不做凤尾
nìng zuò jī tóu , bù zuò fèng wěi
  1. 1 lit. would rather be a chicken's head than a phoenix's tail (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to prefer to be a big fish in a small pond rather than a small fish in a big pond
小肚鸡肠
xiǎo dù jī cháng
  1. 1 lit. small belly, chicken's gut (idiom); narrow-minded
  2. 2 petty
爱屋及乌
ài wū jí wū
  1. 1 lit. love the house and its crow (idiom); involvement with sb and everyone connected
  2. 2 Love me, love my dog.
手无缚鸡之力
shǒu wú fù jī zhī lì
  1. 1 lit. lacking the strength even to truss a chicken (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. weak
  3. 3 unaccustomed to physical work
拿着鸡毛当令箭
ná zhe jī máo dàng lìng jiàn
  1. 1 to wave a chicken feather as a token of authority (idiom); to assume unwarranted authority on the basis of some pretext
指鸡骂狗
zhǐ jī mà gǒu
  1. 1 lit. to point at the chicken while scolding the dog (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to make indirect criticisms
斗酒只鸡
dǒu jiǔ zhī jī
  1. 1 lit. a chicken and a bottle of wine (idiom); fig. ready to make an offering to the deceased, or to entertain guests
东兔西乌
dōng tù xī wū
  1. 1 lit. the sun setting and the moon rising (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. the passage of time
杀鸡儆猴
shā jī jǐng hóu
  1. 1 lit. killing the chicken to warn the monkey (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to punish an individual as an example to others
  3. 3 pour encourager les autres
杀鸡取卵
shā jī qǔ luǎn
  1. 1 lit. to kill the chicken to get the eggs (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to kill the goose that lays the golden eggs
杀鸡吓猴
shā jī xià hóu
  1. 1 lit. killing the chicken to scare the monkey (idiom); to punish an individual as an example to others
  2. 2 pour encourager les autres

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