慌脚鸡

慌腳雞
huāngjiǎojī
phrase

Meanings

  1. 1 (fig.) a flustered, clumsy person; someone in a panicky rush
  2. 2 lit. chicken with panicked feet

Examples

HSK 5
Nǐ bié xiàng ge huāngjiǎojī shìde, yī jiàn shì yī jiàn shì de zuò.
Stop acting like a headless chicken - do things one at a time.
HSK 6
Tā yī jǐnzhāng jiù chéng le huāngjiǎojī, dōngxi yuè zhǎo yuè luàn.
The moment he gets nervous he turns into a flustered mess, and the more he searches the messier it gets.

Tips

memory
Similar image to English 'like a headless chicken' or 'chicken with its head cut off' - frantic, unfocused scrambling.

Stroke Order

huāng
jiǎo