| 鸡飞蛋打 |
jī fēi dàn dǎ |
the chicken has flown the coop and the eggs are broken / a dead loss (idiom) |
| 鸡 |
jī |
fowl / chicken / CL:只 / (slang) prostitute |
| 飞 |
fēi |
to fly |
| 蛋 |
Dàn |
variant of 蜑 |
| 蛋 |
dàn |
egg / CL:个,打 / oval-shaped thing |
| 打 |
dá |
(loanword) dozen / Taiwan pr. [da3] |
| 打 |
dǎ |
a semantically light, transitive verb that is combined with various grammatical objects to form compound verbs and verb-object phrases with a diverse range of meanings (e.g. 打伞 "to hold an umbrella", 打电话 "to make a phone call", 打针 "to get an injection", 打手套 "to knit gloves", 打气 "to inflate") / to hit; to strike / to fight / (coll.) from; since (as in 打那以后 "since then") |