"落湯雞" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [Chinese]

IPA: /lu̯ɔ⁵¹ tʰɑŋ⁵⁵ t͡ɕi⁵⁵/ [Mandarin, Sinological-IPA], /lɔːk̚² tʰɔːŋ⁵⁵ kɐi̯⁵⁵/ [Cantonese, Sinological-IPA], /lu̯ɔ⁵¹ tʰɑŋ⁵⁵ t͡ɕi⁵⁵/, /lɔːk̚² tʰɔːŋ⁵⁵ kɐi̯⁵⁵/, /loʔ¹¹ tʰã²² t͡ɕi²³/ Chinese transliterations: luòtāngjī [Mandarin, Pinyin], ㄌㄨㄛˋ ㄊㄤ ㄐㄧ [Mandarin, bopomofo], lok⁶ tong¹ gai¹ [Cantonese, Jyutping], ⁸loq-than-ci, luòtāngjī [Hanyu-Pinyin, Mandarin], luòtangji [Mandarin, Tongyong-Pinyin], lo⁴-tʻang¹-chi¹ [Mandarin, Wade-Giles], lwò-tāng-jī [Mandarin, Yale], luohtangji [Gwoyeu-Romatsyh, Mandarin], лотанцзи [Mandarin, Palladius], lotanczi [Mandarin, Palladius], lohk tōng gāi [Cantonese, Yale], lok⁹ tong¹ gai¹ [Cantonese, Pinyin], log⁶ tong¹ gei¹ [Cantonese, Guangdong-Romanization], ⁸loq-than-ci [Wu], loh^入 than ci [Wu], ⁵loq-than-ji [Wu], /loʔ¹¹ tʰã²² t͡ɕi²³/ [Wu]
Head templates: {{head|zh|noun}} 落湯雞
  1. (idiomatic, figurative) someone who is soaking wet; someone who looks like a drowned rat Tags: figuratively, idiomatic
    Sense id: en-落湯雞-zh-noun-RPXd6gb7 Categories (other): Chinese entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Chinese entries with incorrect language header: 89 11
  2. (idiomatic, figurative) someone in a difficult situation Tags: figuratively, idiomatic
    Sense id: en-落湯雞-zh-noun-t3i7pIEd

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