EP 53 | 打雞血, Get pumped up — Get invigorated by injecting chicken blood

如果你在中國生活,可能會聽到有人說「打雞血」 打雞血的意思,是指一個人特別有精神、幹勁,跟動力地去做一件事情。 這個俗語的來源,其實真的跟把雞血注射到血管中有關係。在中國文化大革命時期,確實流行過把公雞的血,注射到人的血管中來幫助治病的民俗療法。流行一陣子之後,有人因為真的注射了雞血而引起嚴重的不良反應,導致死亡,這個民俗療法也慢慢的被人遺忘。現在呢,只留下一句俗语「像打了雞血一樣」流傳了下来,形容一種特别亢奮的反常狀態。 Transcript:https://freshjulie.medium.com

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