Lingaku- chicken ribs
- sth of little value or interest
- sth of dubious worth that one is reluctant to give up
- to be physically weak
Generated definitions (experimental)
- chicken ribs
- sth of dubious worth that one is reluctant to give up
- to be physically weak
This term refers to something that holds little value or interest, often used to describe a situation or item that is not worth much but is hard to discard.
This movie is really like chicken ribs; it’s not interesting at all.
zhè这jiàn件shāng pǐn商品duì wǒ lái shuō对我来说shì是gě个jī lèi鸡肋，suī rán虽然biàn yí便宜，dàn shì但是gēn běn根本méi yòng没用。
This item is of little value to me; although it’s cheap, it’s completely useless.
This usage implies a sense of attachment to something that may not be valuable, but one finds it difficult to part with.
He has a chicken-ribs-like attachment to this old book and doesn’t want to throw it away.
This meaning refers to a person who is frail or lacks physical strength.
Generated collocations (experimental)
jī lèi鸡肋de的yì si意思meaning of 鸡肋jī lèi鸡肋wén huà文化culture of little valuejī lèi鸡肋xiàn xiàng现象phenomenon of dubious worthjī lèi鸡肋shāng pǐn商品products of little interestjī lèi鸡肋xuǎn zé选择choices of limited valuejī lèi鸡肋zhuàng tài状态state of being physically weakjī lèi鸡肋xiàng mù项目projects of minimal significancejī lèi鸡肋jù qíng剧情plot of little consequencejī lèi鸡肋gōng zuò工作jobs that offer little valuejī lèi鸡肋lǐ lùn理论theory with questionable relevancejī lèi鸡肋tǐ yàn体验experience of trivial importance