只鸡斗酒
zhī​jī​dǒu​jiǔ

to prepare a simple meal

  • created sense approved 只鸡斗酒/隻雞斗酒 · zhī​jī​dǒu​jiǔ · to prepare a simple meal — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    只鸡斗酒 / 隻雞斗酒

    zhī​jī​dǒu​jiǔ

    to prepare a simple meal

    literally "a chicken and a bottle of wine"; used to describe being ready to make an offering to the deceased or to entertain guests with a modest meal

    只 (literal) → 只/隻 · zhī · [classifier] 鸡 (literal) → 鸡/雞 · jī · chicken 斗 (literal) → 斗 · dǒu · [unit of volume] 酒 (literal) → 酒 · jiǔ · alcohol

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

    created sense