Learn Chinese - 呆若木鸡 - Dumb as a Wooden Chicken
呆 dai 若 ruo 木 mu 鸡 ji - Dumb as a wooden chicken
A man is said to have trained a chicken to fight so well that the cock would stand immobile, eyes unstaring, unafraid and with no reaction.
The result, none of the opponents dared to approach the cock.
Though it used to be used to describe a high degree of concentration, it later came to be used to mean a stupid person, even sometimes to be struck dumb with fear.
I can't imagine someone saying "My concentration was so great, it was like being dumb as a wooden chicken."
Can you?
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