Here’s a free resource for learning Chinese. This series focuses on idioms and proverbs, useful for various expressions. Today’s topic is 「鬥酒隻雞」, as shown below.
Here’s the idiom 「鬥酒隻雞」, with its definition and practical application described below.
Dou: a wine vessel. The ancients would offer sacrifices to their deceased friends by bringing chicken and wine to their graves to pay their respects. Later it was used as a commemoration for a deceased friend.
The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :
dòu jiǔ zhī jī
while its Cantonese pinyin is :
dau3 jau2 jek3 gai1
Chinese idioms, with their vast variety, hold different meanings and uses. Their abundance makes studying them rewarding, and these materials are here to help you along the way.
