鸡犬不留

Traditional: 雞犬不留

jī quǎn bù liú

Dictionary entry

(lit.) not even chickens and dogs are spared (idiom)

What does 鸡犬不留 mean?

鸡犬不留 (jī quǎn bù liú) has the following dictionary meaning.

1(lit.) not even chickens and dogs are spared (idiom)

2(fig.) mass slaughter

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鸡jīfowl · chicken 犬quǎn(literary) dog · Kangxi radical 94 不bùno; not so · (bound form) not; un-留liúold variant of 留[liu2]

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鸡犬不留

jī quǎn bù liú

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