拿着鸡毛当令箭
拿着鸡毛当令箭
ná zhe jī máo dàng lìng jiàn
to wave a chicken feather as a token of authority (idiom); to assume unwarranted authority on the basis of some pretext
verbidiom
Traditional: 拿著雞毛當令箭
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- (verb, idiom) 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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Related Words
牝鸡司晨(pìn jī sī chén)— female chicken crows at daybreak (idiom); a woman usurps authority
→牝鸡牡鸣(pìn jī mǔ míng)— female chicken crows at daybreak (idiom); a woman usurps authority
→契箭(qì jiàn)— arrow used as a token of authority (by field commanders)
→一波未平，一波又起(yī bō wèi píng , yī bō yòu qǐ)— before the first wave subsides, a new wave rises (idiom); a new problem arises before the old is solved
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