拿着鸡毛当令箭 Save Sign in to save words Traditional (Taiwan): 拿著雞毛當令箭 názhejīmáodànglìngjiàn ㄋㄚˊ ˙ㄓㄜ ㄐㄧ ㄇㄠˊ ㄉㄤˋ ㄌㄧㄥˋ ㄐㄧㄢˋ to wave a chicken feather as a token of authority (idiom) to assume unwarranted authority on the basis of some pretext Character by character 拿(ná)hold 着(zhe)aspect particle indicating action in progress or ongoing state 鸡(jī)fowl 毛(máo)surname Mao 当(dàng)at or in the very same... 令(lìng)order 箭(jiàn)arrow A Chinese word or character, or English Search Sources CC-CEDICT, CC BY-SA 4.0 pinyinjs, Apache-2.0