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鸡毛蒜皮 meaning in English

jīmáosuànpí

lit. chicken feathers and garlic skins (idiom); fig. trivial (matter)

Traditional 雞毛蒜皮29 strokes

Meaning of 鸡毛蒜皮

Definitions from CC-CEDICT.

jīmáosuànpí
  1. lit. chicken feathers and garlic skins (idiom)
  2. fig. trivial (matter)

鸡毛蒜皮 in example sentences

Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.

这zhè不bú是shì鸡jī毛máo蒜suàn皮pí的de事shì。
This isn't a trivial matter.
我wǒ父fù母mǔ整zhěng天tiān都dōu在zài为wèi鸡jī毛máo蒜suàn皮pí的de事shì情qíng吵chǎo架jià，真zhēn是shì烦fán死sǐ人rén了le！
My parents keep arguing about stupid things. It's so annoying!

Stroke order for each character

Open a character for its meaning, components and more words.

鸡 jī · fowl · 7 strokes

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毛 máo · hair · 4 strokes

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蒜 suàn · garlic · 13 strokes

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皮 pí · skin · 5 strokes

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Related words

Words that share a character with 鸡毛蒜皮.

鸡蛋jīdàn(chicken) egg; hen's egg
毛病máobìngfault; defect
皮包píbāohandbag; briefcase
毛巾máojīntowel
毛衣máoyī(wool) sweater
调皮tiáopínaughty; mischievous
皮肤pífūskin
皮鞋píxiéleather shoes
羽毛球yǔmáoqiúbadminton; shuttlecock
毛笔máobǐwriting brush
公鸡gōngjīcock; rooster
顽皮wánpínaughty

Questions about 鸡毛蒜皮

What does 鸡毛蒜皮 mean?

鸡毛蒜皮 (jīmáosuànpí) means "lit. chicken feathers and garlic skins (idiom); fig. trivial (matter)".

How do you write 鸡毛蒜皮?

鸡毛蒜皮 is made of 4 characters: 鸡 (7 strokes), 毛 (4 strokes), 蒜 (13 strokes), 皮 (5 strokes). That is 29 strokes in total.

How is 鸡毛蒜皮 written in traditional Chinese?

In traditional characters, 鸡毛蒜皮 is written 雞毛蒜皮.