鸡飞狗跳

Traditional form:

雞飛狗跳

Pinyin (reading):

jīfēigǒutiào

Definitions:

• lit. chickens flying and dogs jumping (idiom)
• fig. in chaos
• in disarray

Characters:

• 鸡 - chicken
• 飞 - to fly, to dart; high
• 狗 - dog
• 跳 - to hop, to skip; to jump, to leap; to vault; to dance

Traditional characters:

• 雞 - chicken
• 飛 - to fly, to dart; high
• 狗 - dog
• 跳 - to hop, to skip; to jump, to leap; to vault; to dance