Definition
落汤鸡 is a vivid chengyu (four-character idiom) that literally means 'a chicken that fell into the soup'. It describes a person who looks utterly drenched and bedraggled, like a drowned rat. The phrase is also used figuratively to convey a state of deep distress or humiliation.
n.
a person who looks drenched and bedraggled (like a drowned rat)
Examples
- ，落汤鸡。Tā lín le yì chǎng dà yǔ, biàn chéng le luò tāng jī.He got caught in a heavy rain and became a drenched mess.
- ，落汤鸡。Gōngsī dǎobì hòu, tā xiàng luò tāng jī yíyàng chuítóusàngqì.After the company went bankrupt, he was dejected like a drenched chicken.
- ，，落汤鸡。Tā cóng yóuyǒngchí chūlái, quánshēn shītòu, huó xiàng yì zhī luò tāng jī.He came out of the pool, soaked through, looking exactly like a drenched chicken.
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