鸡飞狗跳 — Chinese idiom

Meaning

• lit. chickens flying and dogs jumping
• fig. in chaos
• in disarray

Character by character

• 鸡jīchicken
• 飞fēito fly, to dart; high
• 狗gǒudog
• 跳tiàoto hop, to skip; to jump, to leap; to vault; to da

Idioms sharing a character

• 偷鸡摸狗 tōu jī mō gǒu
• 呆若木鸡 dāi ruò mù jī
• 问客杀鸡 wèn kè shā jī
• 嫁鸡随鸡 jià jī suí jī
• 小肚鸡肠 xiǎo dù jī cháng
• 指鸡骂狗 zhǐ jī mà gǒu
• 斗酒只鸡 dǒu jiǔ zhī jī
• 杀鸡儆猴 shā jī jǐng hóu
• 杀鸡取卵 shā jī qǔ luǎn
• 牝鸡司晨 pìn jī sī chén

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