Malaysia 马来西亚
Chinese New Year 春节
the year of the Rooster 鸡年
chicken 鸡肉
chick 小鸡
hen 母鸡
cock 公鸡
rooster 公鸡
slang expression 俚语表达
hen party 女生派对
proud 骄傲的、自豪的
boastful 自负的
overconfident 自负的
cocky 自大的、骄傲的
negative meanings 负面意思
description 描述
What is your Chinese animal zodiac?
What is your animal sign?
你属什么?
My zodiac is the rooster.
My animal is the rooster. 我属鸡。
confused 混淆的
spring chicken 毛孩子、年轻人
Don’t chicken out. 不要害怕。
Don’t be a chicken!/ Don’t be a coward.
不要退缩、不要害怕
My friend Tom was planning to get married but at the last moment he chickened out.
我朋友汤姆打算结婚,但你在最后关头他逃婚了。
chicken-hearted 胆小的、软弱的
play chicken 对谁进行挑战
like Hong Kong horse betting 像香港赌马一样
When you play basketball you’d better not play chicken with YaoMing.
如果你打篮球的话,最好不要跟姚明叫板。
a chicken with its head cut off 无头苍蝇
the chicken-and-egg 争论不休的话题
When your wife and your mother drown at the same time, who you will save? It is a case of chicken and egg.
你妈和你老婆同时掉水里你先救谁?这是个争论不休的话题。
motivation 动机、推动
count one’s chickens before they’re hatched
鸡蛋没有孵出来之前不要数鸡
Never count one’s chickens before they are hatched.
不要高兴太早。
Who knew there were so many interesting and useful expressions about chickens!
谁能想到有这么多有趣有用的关于鸡的表达方式!