Chinese Idiom 鸡飞蛋打

Chinese Chengyu / Idiom 鸡飞蛋打 jifēidàndǎ or ‘to lose everything’.

Chinese Idiom 鸡飞蛋打: Want to express that you will lose everything whatever you do? Then just say  the ‘eggs are broken and the chickens have flown away’ 鸡飞蛋打 jifēidàndǎ.

The video below explains the idiom rather well.

The Video also includes  ‘chicken feathers and garlic skin’  Or 鸡毛蒜皮 jīmáo suànpí. For a better explanation of this idiom click here.

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