/tʰi̯ɛn³⁵ t͡ɕi⁵⁵/ÇINCE → TR
Tanım
•frog (amphibian); more specifically the Chinese edible frog (Hoplobatrachus chinensis, syn. Hoplobatrachus rugulosus) (Classifier: 隻／只) · short for 四眼田雞／四眼田鸡 (sìyǎn tiánjī, “bespectacled person, four-eyes”)
Etimoloji
Frogs are called “chicken of the field” due to the similarity in taste, per Compendium of Materia Medica first attested in the 1578 CE: : Compare Vietnamese gà đồng (literally “field chicken”).