雞毛當令箭

See also: 鸡毛当令箭

Chinese

		chicken feather	to act as; represent; equal to act as; represent; equal; should; fitting; suitable; adequate; proper; replace; to be; to hold a position; manage; withstand; when; during; ought; match equally; same; obstruct; just at (a time or place); on the spot; right; just at	arrow-shaped token of authority; instructions from one's superiors
trad. (雞毛當令箭/鷄毛當令箭)		雞毛/鷄毛	當	令箭
simp. (鸡毛当令箭)		鸡毛	当	令箭

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jīmáo dàng lìngjiàn

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧ ㄇㄠˊ ㄉㄤˋ ㄌㄧㄥˋ ㄐㄧㄢˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gai¹ mou⁴ dong³ ling⁶ zin³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jīmáo dàng lìngjiàn
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧ ㄇㄠˊ ㄉㄤˋ ㄌㄧㄥˋ ㄐㄧㄢˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jimáo dàng lìngjiàn
    • Wade–Giles: chi¹-mao² tang⁴ ling⁴-chien⁴
    • Yale: jī-máu dàng lìng-jyàn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jimau danq linqjiann
    • Palladius: цзимао дан линцзянь (czimao dan linczjanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi⁵⁵ mɑʊ̯³⁵ tɑŋ⁵¹⁻⁵³ liŋ⁵¹⁻⁵³ t͡ɕi̯ɛn⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: gai¹ mou⁴ dong³ ling⁶ zin³
    • Yale: gāi mòuh dong lihng jin
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gai¹ mou⁴ dong³ ling⁶ dzin³
    • Guangdong Romanization: gei¹ mou⁴ dong³ ling⁶ jin³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɐi̯⁵⁵ mou̯²¹ tɔːŋ³³ lɪŋ²² t͡siːn³³/

Idiom

雞毛當令箭

1. to treat one's superior's casual remarks as an order and to make a big fuss about it

Quotations

• For quotations using this term, see Citations:雞毛當令箭.

Related terms

• 拿雞毛當令箭／拿鸡毛当令箭 (ná jīmáo dàng lìngjiàn)
• 揸住雞毛當令箭／揸住鸡毛当令箭