属鸡的，现刨现吃屬雞的，現刨現吃屬雞的，現刨現吃

born a chicken: eats what it scratches up right then

Saying俗语俗語

Two-part saying歇后语歇後語 · Rarely used now

Meaning: Describes living hand to mouth, earning each day only enough to get by.

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Simplified: 属鸡的，现刨现吃
Traditional (Taiwan): 屬雞的，現刨現吃
Pinyin: shǔ jī de, xiàn páo xiàn chī
Bopomofo: ㄕㄨˇ ㄐㄧ ˙ㄉㄜ，ㄒㄧㄢˋ ㄆㄠˊ ㄒㄧㄢˋ ㄔ

Written with HSK 7-9 vocabulary, at CEFR level C1.

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