认鸡作凤 — Chinese idiom
认鸡作凤
rèn jī zuò fèng
Traditional: 認雞作鳳
Meaning
- (lit.) to mistake a chicken for a phoenix
- (fig.) to overestimate sth's worth
Character by character
- 认rènto know, to recognize, to understand
- 鸡jīchicken
- 作zuòto make; to write, to compose; to act, to perform
- 凤fèngmale phoenix; symbol of joy
Idioms sharing a character
- 六亲不认 liù qīn bù rèn
- 认贼作父 rèn zéi zuò fù
- 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
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