打了鸡血

打了雞血

dǎlejīxuè

phrase

Meanings

1 has been injected with chicken blood (lit.)
2 (to be) hyped up, manic, wired
3 the completed-aspect form of 打鸡血, most commonly heard as 像打了鸡血一样

Characters

(perfective aspect particle)

Examples

他像打了鸡血一样到处拉客户。

Tā xiàng dǎ le jīxuè yīyàng dàochù lā kèhù.

He's running around chasing clients like he's been mainlining chicken blood.

喝了两杯美式我就打了鸡血。

Hē le liǎng bēi měishì wǒ jiù dǎ le jīxuè.

Two Americanos and I was totally wired.

Tips

grammar

打了鸡血 is just 打鸡血 + perfective 了, but native speakers treat it as a fixed phrase and almost always use it in the comparison frame 像...一样 ('as if...'). Listeners expect this frame — dropping 像 sounds clinical.

Stroke Order

打 dǎ

了 le

鸡 jī

血 xuè