I was utterly soaked by the downpour.
落汤鸡
a person who looks drenched and bedraggled
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Meaning and common use
a person who looks drenched and bedraggled
like a drowned rat
deep distress
How 落汤鸡 actually appears in real sentences.
These sentences are copied from the Tatoeba corpus, so they are real usage rather than generated text. 落汤鸡 appears in 3 of the 89,190 sentences we searched. Sentences without a published English translation are shown in Chinese only.
No published English translation for this sentence.
No published English translation for this sentence.
Words that keep company with 落汤鸡.
Counted from the same corpus: the word that most often comes directly before, and directly after, 落汤鸡.
Directly before
- 了落汤鸡2
- 只落汤鸡1
Directly after
- No repeated neighbour in the corpus.
Where this entry comes from
The HSK level, part of speech, and pronunciation come from the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus. The English definitions come from CC-CEDICT. Corpus sentences, collocations, and the frequency figure come from the Tatoeba Chinese sentence export and are counted rather than written, so nothing on this page is invented. Usage notes and the hand-written examples that appear higher up exist only for a handful of entries.
Definitions from CC-CEDICT, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Vocabulary levels and parts of speech from the HSK 3.1 syllabus. This compiled dictionary is shared under the same CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
About 落汤鸡
What does 落汤鸡 mean in Chinese?
落汤鸡 (luòtāngjī) means a person who looks drenched and bedraggled.
How do you pronounce 落汤鸡?
落汤鸡 is pronounced luòtāngjī.
Is 落汤鸡 an HSK word?
落汤鸡 is on the list of the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus.
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