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鸡肋

雞肋
lèi

Meanings

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lèi
  1. 1.chicken rib; (fig.) sth of little value yet hard to discard

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Wiktionary

  1. 1.chicken ribs
  2. 2.thing of little value or interest, yet pitiable if given up or thrown away

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Etymology

The figurative sense is from a story about Yang Xiu's interpretation of Cao Cao's thoughts in Sanguozhi , and became well known through its adapted version in the Romance of the Three Kingdoms

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