斗酒隻雞

1. • lit. a chicken and a bottle of wine (idiom) fig. ready to make an offering to the deceased, or to entertain guests

Character by character

• 斗(dǒu)dry measure for grain equal to ten 升 shēng or one-tenth of a 石 dàn
• 酒(jiǔ)wine
• 隻(zhī)classifier for birds and certain animals, one of a pair, some utensils, vessels etc
• 雞(jī)fowl