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斗酒隻雞

简斗酒只鸡 · 繁斗酒隻雞

Mandarin · pinyin dǒu jiǔ zhī jī

lit. a chicken and a bottle of wine (idiom); fig. ready to make an offering to the deceased, or to entertain guests

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斗: dòu · dǒu · a dipper; unit of volume (ten 升 or litres); Kangxi radical 68; 8th lunar mansion, determinative star φ Sagittarii
酒: jiǔ · wine, spirits, liquor, alcoholic beverage
隻: zhī · single, one of pair, lone; measure word
雞: jī · chickens; domestic fowl
只: zhǐ · only, just, simply
鸡: jī · chicken

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3–3–1–1 · dou3 jiu3 zhi1 ji1

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dau2 zau2 zek3 gai1

Cantonese word readings for 斗酒隻雞. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.

dau2 zau2 zek3 gai1

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