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chickenshit

/ˈtʃɪkənˌʃɪt/ /ˈtʃɪkɪnˌʃɪt/

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noun

鸡毛蒜皮（的事），小事一桩

Petty and contemptible thing(s).

Examples :

"The office supply budget cuts are pure chickenshit; we're talking about saving pennies while the company makes millions. "

削减办公用品预算纯粹是鸡毛蒜皮的事，公司赚着几百万，却在这抠这点小钱。

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noun

胆小鬼，懦夫。

Examples :

"He wouldn't stand up to the bully; everyone knew he was chickenshit. "

他不敢和那个恶霸对抗，大家都知道他是个胆小鬼。

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noun

鸡毛蒜皮的小官，小人得志。

A low-ranking officer who lords over and needlessly makes life miserable for his underlings; a petty, abusive martinet.

Examples :

"Our new supervisor is such a chickenshit; he writes people up for being one minute late and makes us redo reports for the smallest errors. "

我们新来的主管真是个鸡毛蒜皮的小官，小人得志，动不动就因为迟到一分钟给人记过，还让我们因为一点小错就重做报告。

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adjective

鸡毛蒜皮, 小家子气.

Petty and contemptible; contemptibly unimportant. (Compare bullshit.)

Examples :

"The manager got angry over some chickenshit details in my report, even though the main points were correct and the project was successful. "

虽然报告的主要内容正确，项目也很成功，经理还是因为我报告里一些鸡毛蒜皮的细节问题发火，真是小家子气。

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adjective

胆小的，懦弱的。

Examples :

"How chickenshit of that girl to just stand there and do nothing."

那女孩就站在那里什么都不做，真是太怂了。

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