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Chinese begins with basics like characters, builds up to words, and reaches idioms. This free resource introduces advanced idioms like 「雞飛狗叫」, with details below.

The idiom 「雞飛狗叫」 and its usage are explored below. Learn its meaning and applications here.

The chickens were scared so much that they flew up, and the dogs were frightened so much that they started barking. Describes a mess.

The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :

jī fēi gǒu jiào

while its Cantonese pinyin is :

gai1 fei1 gau2 giu3

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