Rooster's nest

Rooster's nest

Jiqifengchao, a Chinese idiom, Pinyin is j ī Q ī f è ngch á o, which means people with low talent and virtue occupy a high position. It comes from the Song Dynasty's shidaoyuan biography of lanterns in Jingde.

Idiom usage

We can't have a rooster's nest when we employ people.

Analysis of Idioms

Bird occupies dove's nest

The origin of Idioms

Song Shi Daoyuan's "Jingde Zhuandeng Lu" Volume 16: "chicken nest, not its kind out."

Idiom explanation

Habitat: residence. The chicken lives in the nest of the Phoenix. It means that the person with inferior talent and virtue occupies a high position.