鸡犬不留 — Chinese idiom
鸡犬不留
jī quǎn bù liú
Traditional: 雞犬不留
Meaning
- (lit.) not even chickens and dogs are spared
- (fig.) mass slaughter
Character by character
- 鸡jīchicken
- 犬quǎndog
- 不bùno, not, un-; negative prefix
- 留liúto stay, to remain; to preserve, to keep; to leave
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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