{"path":"/entry/70509","title":"牝鸡司晨 / 牝雞司晨 (pìn jī sī chén) — Chinese Dictionary | Flashbao","description":"牝鸡司晨 / 牝雞司晨 (pìn jī sī chén): female chicken crows at daybreak (idiom) · a woman usurps authority. Explore meanings, example sentences and vocabulary decks.","catalog":null,"deck":null,"entry":{"reading":{"id":70509,"orthography":{"forms":{"SIMPLIFIED":["牝鸡司晨"],"TRADITIONAL":["牝雞司晨"]}},"phonetic":"pìn jī sī chén","phoneticKey":"pin4 ji1 si1 chen2","meanings":{"primary":[{"qualifier":null,"synonyms":[{"segments":[{"dim":false,"runs":[{"kind":"TEXT","text":"female chicken crows at daybreak ","orthography":null,"phonetic":null,"phoneticKey":null,"readingId":null}]},{"dim":true,"runs":[{"kind":"TEXT","text":"(idiom)","orthography":null,"phonetic":null,"phoneticKey":null,"readingId":null}]}]},{"segments":[{"dim":false,"runs":[{"kind":"TEXT","text":"a woman usurps authority","orthography":null,"phonetic":null,"phoneticKey":null,"readingId":null}]}]}]},{"qualifier":null,"synonyms":[{"segments":[{"dim":false,"runs":[{"kind":"TEXT","text":"women meddle in politics","orthography":null,"phonetic":null,"phoneticKey":null,"readingId":null}]}]}]},{"qualifier":null,"synonyms":[{"segments":[{"dim":false,"runs":[{"kind":"TEXT","text":"The female wears the trousers.","orthography":null,"phonetic":null,"phoneticKey":null,"readingId":null}]}]}]}],"additional":[],"notes":[],"variantMeanings":[]},"classifiers":[],"pos":["NOUN"],"frequency":null,"grammar":[],"spokenPhonetic":null},"otherReadings":[],"examples":[],"carriedReadings":[],"constructions":[],"status":null,"due":null,"reps":null,"lapses":null,"lastReview":null,"senses":[],"origins":[{"literal":"the hen crows at daybreak","content":[{"type":"paragraph","text":{"simplified":"Based on an ancient saying quoted in the Book of Documents (《尚書·牧誓》)","traditional":null}}],"examples":[{"text":{"simplified":"古人有言曰：「牝鸡无晨。牝鸡之晨，惟家之索。」今商王受，惟妇言是用。","traditional":"古人有言曰：「牝雞無晨。牝雞之晨，惟家之索。」今商王受，惟婦言是用。"},"phonetic":"Gǔrén yǒu yán yuē: “Pìnjī wú chén. Pìnjī zhī chén, wéi jiā zhī suǒ.” Jīn Shāng wáng Shòu, wéi fùyán shì yòng.","english":"The ancients have said, \"The hen does not announce the morning. The crowing of a hen in the morning (indicates) the subversion of the family.\" Now Shou, King of Shang, follows only the words of his wife.","ref":"The Book of Documents, circa 7ᵗʰ – 4ᵗʰ centuries BCE, translated based on James Legge's version"}],"senseScoped":false}],"decks":[{"id":27,"sourceName":"Chengyu","name":"Chengyu"}],"vocabularyScale":null,"vocabularyLevel":null}}