What’s “落汤鸡” (luò tāng jī)?

"落汤鸡 (luò tāng jī)", literally meaning "soaking wet chick", is used to describe how someone looks like when he's soaked wet. It also metaphorically refers to a person who suffers great loss in fame and property. 

“落汤鸡”用来形容一个人被淋湿的样子，就像落水的鸡一样，浑身上下都湿透了，也比喻名利受到极大损失的人。

Examples:

1. Yǔ tài dà le, wǒ bèi lín chéng luòtāngjī le.

雨太大了，我被淋成落汤鸡了。

What a heavy rain! I was wet through and through.

2. Dàjiā dōu méi dài yǔsǎn,suǒyǒu rén dōu bèi lín de xiàng luòtāngjī.

大家都没带雨伞，所有人都被淋得像落汤鸡。

No one has umbrella. Everybody got soaked like a drenched chick.

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