enjoy cockfights and dogracing(dòu jī zǒu gǒu)

enjoy cockfights and dogracing

Fighting Rooster and running dog, a Chinese idiom, Pinyin is d ò UJ ī Z ǒ UG ǒ u, which means to make Rooster fight and dog race. It refers to the idle games played by the children of the exploiting class in the old days. It's also about fighting chickens. It comes from the biographies of Yuan ang and Chao CuO in historical records.

Analysis of Idioms

[synonym] idleness, pleasure seeking, idleness, idle rhyme wild crane

The origin of Idioms

In Sima Qian's biography of Yuan ang and Chao CuO in historical records of the Western Han Dynasty, it is said that "ang was free from illness and lived at home. He had a pillow with Changli and fought with each other."

Idiom usage

Used as a predicate or attributive; used in writing. Chapter nine of a dream of Red Mansions by Cao Xueqin in the Qing Dynasty: "although you should come to school by name, you just hide your eyes. It's still a matter of appreciating flowers and willows." In Sima Qian's the ninth biography of Su and Qin in the Western Han Dynasty, it is said that "playing the Qin, fighting the cock and running the dog, and playing the six bows."

Chinese PinYin : dòu jī zǒu gǒu