打雞血
Chinese
beat; strike; break; mix up; build; fight; fetch; make; tie up; issue; shoot; calculate; since; from; dozen |
chicken blood | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (打雞血) | 打 | 雞血 | |
| simp. (打鸡血) | 打 | 鸡血 | |
| Literally: “to have an injection of chicken blood”. | |||
Etymology
From the name of a pseudomedical therapy popular in China during the Cultural Revolution.
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland)+
- Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄉㄚˇ ㄐㄧ ㄒㄩㄝˋ
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: daajishiueh
- IPA (key): /ta̠²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ t͡ɕi⁵⁵ ɕɥ̯œ⁵¹/
- (Standard Chinese, variant in Mainland)+
- Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄉㄚˇ ㄐㄧ ㄒㄩㄝˇ
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: daajisheue
- IPA (key): /ta̠²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ t͡ɕi⁵⁵ ɕɥ̯œ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
- (Standard Chinese, standard in Taiwan; colloquial in Mainland)+
- Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄉㄚˇ ㄐㄧ ㄒㄧㄝˇ
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: daajishiie
- IPA (key): /ta̠²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ t͡ɕi⁵⁵ ɕi̯ɛ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
- (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland)+
Verb
打雞血
- (idiomatic, figuratively) to suddenly become hyperactive, high-spirited or aggressive
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