鸡飞蛋打
鸡飞蛋打
jī fēi dàn dǎ
the chicken has flown the coop and the eggs are broken; a dead loss (idiom)
idiom
Traditional: 雞飛蛋打
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- (idiom) the chicken has flown the coop and the eggs are broken
- a dead loss (idiom)
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Related Words
柴鸡(chái jī)— a variety of free-range chicken, small with furless legs, laying smaller eggs
→杀鸡取卵(shā jī qǔ luǎn)— lit. to kill the chicken to get the eggs (idiom)
→七里香(qī lǐ xiāng)— orange jasmine (Murraya paniculata)
→偷鸡不成蚀把米(tōu jī bù chéng shí bǎ mǐ)— lit. to try to steal a chicken only to end up losing the rice used to lure it (idiom)
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