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Chinese
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to fall; to drop (behind); leave behind
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soup; hot water
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fowl; chicken
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| trad. (落湯雞/落湯鷄)
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落
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湯
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雞/鷄
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| simp. (落汤鸡)
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落
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汤
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鸡
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| Literally: “a chicken that fell in hot water”.
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Pronunciation
Noun
落湯雞
- (idiomatic, figurative) someone who is soaking wet; someone who looks like a drowned rat
- (idiomatic, figurative) someone in a difficult situation