只鸡斗酒 — Chinese idiom
只鸡斗酒
zhī jī dǒu jiǔ
Traditional: 隻雞斗酒
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
- 只zhīonly, merely, just
- 鸡jīchicken
- 斗dǒuto struggle, to fight, to contend; measuring cup
- 酒jiǔwine, spirits, liquor, alcohol
Idioms sharing a character
- 只欠东风 zhǐ qiàn dōng fēng
- 只争朝夕 zhǐ zhēng zhāo xī
- 孤身只影 gū shēn zhī yǐng
- 形单影只 xíng dān yǐng zhī
- 斗酒只鸡 dǒu jiǔ zhī jī
- 独具只眼 dú jù zhī yǎn
- 只字不提 zhī zì bù tí
- 只言片语 zhī yán piàn yǔ
- 偷鸡摸狗 tōu jī mō gǒu
- 呆若木鸡 dāi ruò mù jī
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