sounds of crowing cocks and barking dogs were heard around -- two places are very close to each other

sounds of crowing cocks and barking dogs were heard around -- two places are very close to each other

As a Chinese idiom, the Pinyin is j ī Qu ǎ nxi ā NGW é n, which refers to dense population. From Laozi.

Analysis of Idioms

Antonym: chicken and dog do not hear

Idiom usage

The traffic in the fields is crowded with people. Tao Qian's Peach Blossom Land in Jin Dynasty

The origin of Idioms

Li Er's Laozi in the pre Qin period: "to eat sweetly, to dress well, to live peacefully and to enjoy the customs.". Neighbors look at each other, chickens and dogs listen to each other, and people do not communicate with each other until they are old and dead. "