to wave a chicken feather as a token of authority (idiom); to assume unwarranted authority on the basis of some pretext
trad. 拿著雞毛當令箭
Also written 拿著雞毛當令箭【ná zhe jī máo dàng lìng jiàn】
Characters in this word
7拿
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old variant of 拿[na2]
- Pinyin
- ná
- Traditional
- 㧱
- Strokes
- 10
- Frequency
- 157 of 2500
着
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variant of 著|着[zhao1]
- Pinyin
- zhāo
- Strokes
- 11
- Frequency
- 71 of 2500
鸡
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fowl, chicken, CL:隻|只[zhi1], (slang) prostitute
- Pinyin
- jī
- Traditional
- 雞
- Strokes
- 7
- Frequency
- 2753 of 2500
毛
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surname Mao
- Pinyin
- Máo
- Strokes
- 4
- Frequency
- 2649 of 2500
当
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(onom.) dong, ding dong (bell)
- Pinyin
- dāng
- Traditional
- 噹
- Strokes
- 6
- Frequency
- 145 of 2500
令
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used in 脊令[ji2 ling2], used in 令狐[Ling2 hu2] (Taiwan pr. [ling4])
- Pinyin
- líng
- Strokes
- 5
- Frequency
- 1347 of 2500
箭
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arrow, CL:支[zhi1]
- Pinyin
- jiàn
- Strokes
- 15
- Frequency
- 7824 of 2500