鸡飞狗跳

jī fēi gǒu tiào · literally “chickens fly, dogs jump”

Meaning

Chaotic uproar; a household or group thrown into noisy confusion.

In a sentence

The morning of the move was 鸡飞狗跳.

Usage note

Describes visible noise and disorder, often domestic.

Where you see it in Brain Challenge

This idiom appears in the picture-idiom levels as a picture or number clue. When the clue shows numbers, the digits usually become the first characters of each half of the idiom — that is why so many chengyu start with 一, 三, 五, 七, 九 or 十.

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