A flock of chickens
Chinese idiom, Pinyin is h è L ì J ī Q ú n, which means that people with outstanding abilities are reduced to mediocre people. It's from "spare time, spare time, exercise, teach white".
The origin of Idioms
Li Yu of the Qing Dynasty wrote: "if you get a person, you must break the standard of actor. If you don't get a person, you'll be out of the woods, just like others."
Idiom usage
As an object or attribute; used in figurative sentences
A flock of chickens
all over the mountains and plains - màn shān biàn yě
not to show off one 's knowledge - bù lù guī jiǎo
luxuriant growth of flowers and vegetation swaying - fēn hóng hài lǜ