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(chicken) egg / hen's egg / CL: 個|个,
HSK 1
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *雞* | 雞* | *雞
fowl / chicken / CL: 隻|只 / (slang) prostitute
HSK 2
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *罩* | 罩* | *罩
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
a crane in a flock of chicken (idiom); way above the common / manifestly superior
HSK 7-9
lit. to point at the chicken while scolding the dog (idiom) / fig. to make indirect criticisms
lit. a chicken and a bottle of wine (idiom); fig. ready to make an offering to the deceased, or to entertain guests
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
lit. to kill a chicken in front of a monkey; fig. to make an example of sb (by punishment) to frighten others
if you marry a chicken follow the chicken, if you marry a dog follow the dog (idiom)
chicken meat
free-range chicken / (dialect) hen / cowardly
Kung Pao Chicken / spicy diced chicken
orange jasmine (Murraya paniculata) / "chicken butt", popular Taiwan snack on a stick, made of marinated "white cut chicken" butt
vegetarian chicken, a soybean product
karaoke / (Tw) (of chicken etc) crispy, deep-fried
lit. not even chickens and dogs are spared (idiom) / fig. mass slaughter
chicken leg / drumstick / CL:
chick; baby chicken / (vulgar) penis
free-range chicken
see 烏骨雞|乌骨鸡 / black-boned chicken / silky fowl / silkie
roast chicken
breast meat (of chicken etc)
chicken feet (cuisine)
chicken ribs / sth of little value or interest / sth of dubious worth that one is reluctant to give up / to be physically weak
KFC / Kentucky Fried Chicken
chicken in rice wine / also translated drunken chicken
a variety of chicken
chicken feather / CL: / trivial
Cantonese poached chicken, known as "white cut chicken"
chicken coop
lit. chickens flying and dogs jumping (idiom) / fig. in chaos / in disarray
a turtle that pulls its head in / (fig.) coward / chicken
black-boned chicken / silky fowl / silkie / Gallus gallus domesticus Brisson
lit. small belly, chicken's gut (idiom); narrow-minded / petty
(idiom) chicken-hearted; gutless
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)
chicken gizzard lining
diced chicken meat
free-range chicken
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.
to wave a chicken feather as a token of authority (idiom); to assume unwarranted authority on the basis of some pretext
the chicken has flown the coop and the eggs are broken / a dead loss (idiom)
Kentucky Fried Chicken (KFC)
counting one's chickens before they are hatched
chicken farm
lit. lacking the strength even to truss a chicken (saying) / fig. weak; unaccustomed to physical work
lit. to kill the chicken to get the eggs (idiom) / fig. to kill the goose that lays the golden eggs
female chicken crows at daybreak (idiom); a woman usurps authority / women meddle in politics / The female wears the trousers.
lit. the strength to truss a chicken (idiom) / fig. slight physical strength
lit. a pair of birds flying close together (idiom) / fig. two hearts beating as one / name of a sweet and sour chicken wing dish
yakitori, a Japanese dish of skewered grilled chicken
lit. chicken feathers and garlic skins (idiom) / fig. trivial (matter)
lit. not even the chickens and dogs are left undisturbed (idiom) / fig. great commotion / pandemonium
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *榤* | 榤* | *榤
a stump on which chickens roost
the three sacrificial animals (originally cow, sheep and pig; later pig, chicken and fish)
lit. chicken speaking with duck / fig. talking without communicating / people not understanding each other
siu mei; Cantonese-style barbecue (roasted meats, such as pork, duck or chicken, seasoned and cooked to a crispy, flavorful finish)
chicken raised for meat / broiler / (computing) zombie / infected computer in a botnet
six domestic animals, namely: pig, cow, sheep, horse, chicken and dog
female chicken crows at daybreak (idiom); a woman usurps authority / women meddle in politics / The female wears the trousers.
(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")
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)
(Tw) chicken strips
breast meat (brisket, chicken breast etc)
chicken nugget / chicken piece
free-range chicken
laziji, spicy dish of chicken cubes stir-fried with chili peppers
steamed chicken with chili sauce
chicken feet
chicken breast / chicken cutlet
spicy chicken / (Internet slang) garbage (pun on 垃圾)
chicken strips
Cantonese poached chicken, known as "white cut chicken"
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
crispy fried chicken
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
chicken drumstick (Tw)
lemon chicken
oyakodon, a donburi topped with chicken and egg (orthographic borrowing from Japanese)
lit. to mistake a chicken for a phoenix (idiom) / fig. to overestimate sth's worth
free-range chicken
lit. a chicken and a bottle of wine (idiom); fig. ready to make an offering to the deceased, or to entertain guests
chick; baby chicken
to imitate the dog and steal chicken (idiom) / to pilfer / to dally with women / to have affairs
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
samgyetang, popular Korean chicken soup with ginseng, spices etc
lit. dumb as a wooden chicken (idiom); fig. dumbstruck
Japanese-style fried food, usually chicken (orthographic borrowing from Japanese 唐揚げ "karaage")
lit. asking guests whether or not to butcher a chicken for them (idiom) / fig. hypocritical show of affection (or hospitality)
dapanji or "big plate chicken", a kind of spicy chicken stew originating from Xinjiang
gong bao chicken / spicy diced chicken
General Tso's chicken, a deep-fried chicken dish
timid; cowardly; chicken-hearted
lit. to inject chicken blood / (coll.) extremely excited or energetic (often used mockingly)
a variety of free-range chicken, small with furless legs, laying smaller eggs
lit. to kill the chicken to warn the monkey (idiom) / fig. to punish an individual as an example to others
kill the chickens and butcher the geese (idiom)
fried chicken
black-boned chicken / silky fowl / silkie / Gallus gallus domesticus Brisson
black-boned chicken / silky fowl / silkie / Gallus gallus domesticus Brisson / see also 烏骨雞|乌骨鸡

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