鸡犬相闻
jī​quǎn​xiāng​wén

within earshot

  • created sense approved 鸡犬相闻/雞犬相聞 · jī​quǎn​xiāng​wén · within earshot — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    鸡犬相闻 / 雞犬相聞

    jī​quǎn​xiāng​wén

    within earshot

    (idiom) chickens and dogs can be heard from neighboring homes; used to describe living in close proximity to one's neighbors

    鸡 (literal) → 鸡/雞 · jī · chicken 犬 (literal) → 犬 · quǎn · dog 相 (literal) → 相 · xiāng · mutually 闻 (literal) → 闻/聞 · wén · to hear

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

    created sense