luò tāng jī

Traditional: 落湯雞

落汤鸡 (luò tāng jī) is a Chinese word meaning “a person who looks drenched and bedraggled; like a drowned rat; deep distress”.

Meanings

  1. 1a person who looks drenched and bedraggled
  2. 2like a drowned rat
  3. 3deep distress

Characters in 落汤鸡

落là · to leave out汤shāng · rushing current鸡jī · fowl

Related words

鸡fowl鸡variant of 雞|鸡[ji1]部落tribe落to leave out落colloquial reading for 落[luo4] in certain compounds落to fall or drop汤姆Tom (name)汤rushing current汤soup汤surname Tang鸡蛋(chicken) egg降落to descend

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