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鸡犬不宁

jī quǎn bù níng

4-character word Traditional 雞犬不寧

What 鸡犬不宁 means

1. lit. not even the chickens and dogs are left undisturbed (idiom)
2. fig. great commotion
3. pandemonium

The characters in 鸡犬不宁

• 鸡jīfowl; chicken; (slang) prostitute
• 犬quǎn(literary) dog; Kangxi radical 94
• 不bùno; not so; (bound form) not; un-
• 宁nìngwould rather; to prefer; how (emphatic)

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