呆若木鸡 / 呆若木雞

dāi ruò mù jī

Meaning

• literally dumb as a wooden chicken (idiom) · figuratively dumbstruck

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Example sentences

• 听到这个消息后，他站著呆若木鸡。

  聽到這個消息後，他站著呆若木雞。

  tīng dào zhè ge xiāo xī hòu， tā zhàn zhù dāi ruò mù jī。

  Upon hearing this news, he stood there dumbfounded.

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• Chengyu · Chengyu