鸡鹜
鸡鹜雞鶩 jī wù ㄐㄧ ㄨˋ gai1 mou6
- petty or mean persons
Stroke order
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Character breakdown
More words with these characters
鸡
- 公鸡公雞 gōng jī ㄍㄨㄥ ㄐㄧ gung1 gai1 cock; rooster
- 母鸡母雞 mǔ jī ㄇㄨˇ ㄐㄧ mou5 gai1 hen
- 鸡蛋雞蛋 jī dàn ㄐㄧ ㄉㄢˋ gai1 daan2 (chicken) egg
- 鹤立鸡群鶴立雞群 hè lì jī qún ㄏㄜˋ ㄌㄧˋ ㄐㄧ ㄑㄩㄣˊ hok6 laap6 gai1 kwan4 a crane in a flock of chicken (idiom); way above the common
- 仔鸡仔雞 zǐ jī ㄗˇ ㄐㄧ zai2 gai1 chick; baby chicken
- 做鸡做雞 zuò jī ㄗㄨㄛˋ ㄐㄧ zou6 gai1 (slang) (of a woman) to work as a prostitute
鹜
- 驰鹜馳鶩 chí wù ㄔˊ ㄨˋ ci4 mou6 variant of 馳騖|驰骛[chi2 wu4]
- 鹜舲鶩舲 wù líng ㄨˋ ㄌㄧㄥˊ mou6 ling4 small boat
- 刻鹄类鹜刻鵠類鶩 kè hú lèi wù ㄎㄜˋ ㄏㄨˊ ㄌㄟˋ ㄨˋ hak1 huk6 leoi6 mou6 to aim to carve a swan and get a semblance of a duck (idiom)
- 趋之若鹜趨之若鶩 qū zhī ruò wù ㄑㄩ ㄓ ㄖㄨㄛˋ ㄨˋ ceoi1 zi1 joek6 mou6 to rush like ducks (idiom); the mob scrabbles madly for sth unobtainable
Idioms with these characters
- 呆若木鸡呆若木雞 dāi ruò mù jī ㄉㄞ ㄖㄨㄛˋ ㄇㄨˋ ㄐㄧ ngoi4 joek6 muk6 gai1 lit. dumb as a wooden chicken (idiom); fig. dumbstruck
- 斗酒只鸡斗酒隻雞 dǒu jiǔ zhī jī ㄉㄡˇ ㄐㄧㄡˇ ㄓ ㄐㄧ dau2 zau2 zek3 gai1 lit. a chicken and a bottle of wine (idiom); fig. ready to make an offering to the deceased, or to entertain guests
- 斗鸡走马鬥雞走馬 dòu jī zǒu mǎ ㄉㄡˋ ㄐㄧ ㄗㄡˇ ㄇㄚˇ dau3 gai1 zau2 maa5 cock-fighting and horse-racing (idiom); to gamble
- 缚鸡之力縛雞之力 fù jī zhī lì ㄈㄨˋ ㄐㄧ ㄓ ㄌㄧˋ bok3 gai1 zi1 lik6 lit. the strength to truss a chicken (idiom)
- 鹤立鸡群鶴立雞群 hè lì jī qún ㄏㄜˋ ㄌㄧˋ ㄐㄧ ㄑㄩㄣˊ hok6 laap6 gai1 kwan4 a crane in a flock of chicken (idiom); way above the common