斗酒只鸡 — Chinese idiom
斗酒只鸡
dǒu jiǔ zhī jī
Traditional: 斗酒隻雞
Meaning
- lit. a chicken and a bottle of wine ; fig. ready to make an offering to the deceased, or to entertain guests
Character by character
- 斗dǒuto struggle, to fight, to contend; measuring cup
- 酒jiǔwine, spirits, liquor, alcohol
- 只zhīonly, merely, just
- 鸡jīchicken
Idioms sharing a character
- 勾心斗角 gōu xīn dòu jiǎo
- 升斗小民 shēng dǒu xiǎo mín
- 南箕北斗 Nán jī Běi dǒu
- 单打独斗 dān dǎ dú dòu
- 困兽犹斗 kùn shòu yóu dòu
- 才高八斗 cái gāo bā dǒu
- 日进斗金 rì jìn dǒu jīn
- 明争暗斗 míng zhēng àn dòu
- 气冲牛斗 qì chōng niú dǒu
- 泰山北斗 Tài shān Běi dǒu
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