created sense approved 牝鸡司晨/牝雞司晨 · pìnjīsīchén · hen crows at daybreak — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"
牝鸡司晨 / 牝雞司晨
pìnjīsīchén
hen crows at daybreak
The hen crows in place of the rooster at daybreak
牝 (bound) → 牝 · pìn · female 鸡 (literal) → 鸡/雞 · jī · chicken 司晨 (literal) → 司晨 · sīchén · to herald the break of day
Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition
created sense approved 牝鸡司晨/牝雞司晨 · pìnjīsīchén · a woman usurps power — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"
牝鸡司晨 / 牝雞司晨
pìnjīsīchén
a woman usurps power
Used as a metaphor for a woman seizing authority or meddling in politics, considered an unnatural occurrence in traditional contexts
牝 (bound) → 牝 · pìn · female 鸡 (literal) → 鸡/雞 · jī · chicken 司晨 (literal) → 司晨 · sīchén · to herald the break of day
Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition