鸡犬不留
jī​quǎn​bù​liú

ruthless mass slaughter

  • created sense approved 鸡犬不留/雞犬不留 · jī​quǎn​bù​liú · ruthless mass slaughter — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    鸡犬不留 / 雞犬不留

    jī​quǎn​bù​liú

    ruthless mass slaughter

    a complete extermination or massacre that leaves no survivors; used to describe extreme brutality where even domestic animals are not spared

    鸡 (literal) → 鸡/雞 · jī · chicken 犬 (literal) → 犬 · quǎn · dog 不 (literal) → 不 · bù · not 留 (literal) → 留 · liú · to keep

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

    created sense