(lit.) not even chickens and dogs are spared (idiom); (fig.) mass slaughter
trad. 雞犬不留
Also written 雞犬不留【jī quǎn bù liú】
Characters in this word
4鸡
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fowl, chicken, CL:隻|只[zhi1], (slang) prostitute
- Pinyin
- jī
- Traditional
- 雞
- Strokes
- 7
- Frequency
- 2753 of 2500
犬
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(literary) dog, Kangxi radical 94
- Pinyin
- quǎn
- Strokes
- 4
- Frequency
- 10813 of 2500
不
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no; not so, (bound form) not; un-
- Pinyin
- bù
- Strokes
- 4
- Frequency
- 9 of 2500
留
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old variant of 留[liu2]
- Pinyin
- liú
- Traditional
- 㽞
- Strokes
- 10
- Frequency
- 1365 of 2500