Idioms about chickens include: dancing after hearing chickens, roosters crowing and dogs stealing, chickens flying and dogs jumping, chickens cooked in cattle tripods, fighting chickens running dogs, chickens flying and eggs beating, golden chickens independent, pottery dogs and tile chickens, pheasants dancing in the mirror, chickens with trivial skin, cutting chickens with an ox knife, and fermented chickens in a urn, etc.

1. Dance upon hearing the rooster: Get up and dance with the sword when you hear the rooster crow.

It is a metaphor for those who are determined to work hard in time.

2. Roosters crowing and dogs robbers: a metaphor for insignificant skills.

3. The chicken flies and the dog jumps: frighten the chicken so much that it flies up and the dog jumps everywhere.

Describes being in a panic.

4. Cooking Chicken with Niu Ding: Ding: an ancient food cooking utensil.

Use a cauldron big enough to hold the cow to cook the chicken.

Metaphor of overkill.

5. Cockfighting and dogfighting: In ancient times, a game or gambling in which chickens fought with chickens and dogs raced with dogs.

Later, it was used to refer to idleness and not doing real work.

6. The chicken flies away and the egg breaks.

It means everything is in vain and nothing is gained.

7. Golden Rooster Independence: Refers to a martial arts posture of standing on one leg.

It generally refers to standing on one foot.

8. Pottery dogs and chickens: Dogs and chickens made of clay.

It is a metaphor for useless things, which have only appearance but no ability.

9. Pheasant dancing in the mirror: Pheasant dances in front of the mirror.

A metaphor for self-appreciation.

10. Trivial things: a metaphor for insignificant things or things of little value.

11. Cut the chicken with an ox-knife: Use a cow-slaughter knife to kill the chicken.

Metaphor of overkill.

12. Chicken in a vat: a small insect that lives in a wine vat, later used as a metaphor for a narrow-minded person.