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慌脚鸡

慌腳雞
huāngjiǎojī
idiom

Meanings

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

Examples

你别像个慌脚鸡似的，一件事一件事地做。
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.
他一紧张就成了慌脚鸡，东西越找越乱。
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

慌 huāng
脚 jiǎo
鸡 jī