enjoy cockfights and dogracing
Chicken fighting and dog raising, a Chinese idiom, Pinyin is d ò UJ ī y ǎ NGG ǒ u, which means the boring games of the exploiting class in the old days. It comes from Jin Ping Mei CI Hua.
The origin of Idioms
"Jin Ping Mei CI Hua" chapter 98: "his brother opened a gambling house at home, fighting chickens and raising dogs, people dare not provoke him."
Analysis of Idioms
Synonyms: Cock and dog fighting, cock and horse fighting, cock and dog fighting
Idiom usage
Used as a predicate or attributive; used in writing
enjoy cockfights and dogracing
killing someone with a borrowed knife - jiè dāo shā rén
Take the world as one's duty - yǐ tiān xià wéi jǐ rèn
Slander the heart and the stomach - xīn bàng fù fēi