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  *鳥* | 鳥* | *鳥
bird / CL: 隻|只, / "bird" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 196) / (dialect) to pay attention to / (intensifier) damned / goddamn
HSK 2
bird's nest / nickname for Beijing 2008 Olympic stadium
HSK 7-9
small bird / young bird (hatchling, nestling, fledgling, chick) / (fig.) penis (kiddie term) / (golf) birdie
flamingo
(bird species of China) Bohemian waxwing (Bombycilla garrulus)
capercaillie (Lagopus, several species) / thunderbird (in native American mythology)
lit. like a little bird relying on people (idiom) / fig. cute and helpless-looking
bird's nest
to stand out (among a group) / distinguished
ostrich
kingfisher
(coll.) sb new to a particular subject / rookie / beginner / newbie
pest bird (esp. one that feeds on farm crops or newly hatched fish)
hummingbird
birds and beasts / fauna
birds
(vulgar) damned wretch / fucker / also pr. [niao3 ren2]
bird
Archaeopteryx
bird shotgun replaced by cannon (idiom); equipment improved enormously
waterbird
migratory bird
bird
to kill two birds with one stone (idiom)
woodpecker
to get a bird's-eye view / bird's-eye view / broad overview
lit. birdsong and fragrant flowers (idiom); fig. the intoxication of a beautiful spring day
redbreast / robin
beak
person of good character / nice person / bird with a melodious voice or beautiful plumage
legendary bird with nine heads (old) / cunning or sly person
monstrous bird / moa (genus Dinornithidae, extinct bird of New Zealand)
to scatter like birds and beasts
lit. the clumsy bird flies early (idiom); fig. to work hard to compensate for one's limited abilities
lit. the birds are over, the bow is put away (idiom); fig. to get rid of sb once he has served his purpose
bird writing, a calligraphic style based on seal script 篆書|篆书, but with characters decorated as birds and insects
shrike (family Laniidae)
painting of birds and flowers
lit. to scatter like birds and beasts (idiom) / fig. to flee in all directions
toucan
birdcage
seabird
ostrich policy (sticking one's head in the sand, failing to acknowledge danger)
guano / bird excrement
lone bird / marginalized (country, person etc)
bird characters (a decorated form of the Great Seal)
yakitori, a Japanese dish of skewered grilled chicken
birds / fowl
starling / gray starling (Sturnus cineraceus)
bird's-eye view / see also 俯瞰圖|俯瞰图
a road only a bird can manage / steep dangerous road
bird in a basket, monkey in a cage (idiom); prisoner
hornbill
charactercopypronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *鳥* | 鳥* | *鳥
variant of / penis
flowerpecker (any bird of the family Dicaeidae)
flintlock musket / fowling piece (shotgun) / air gun
bird gun
damn thing / (not one's) goddamn business
hill myna / Indian grackle / Gracula religiosa
lyrebird
lit. a bird startled by the mere twang of a bow (idiom) / fig. sb who frightens easily, due to past experiences
nonmigratory bird
beneficial bird (esp. one that preys on insect pests or mice)
Niaosong or Niaosung township in Kaohsiung county 高雄縣|高雄县, southwest Taiwan
lit. the solicitude of the crow (who provides for his old parent)(idiom) / fig. filial piety
torii (gateway of a Shinto shrine) (orthographic borrowing from Japanese 鳥居 "torii")
catbird
songbird
to stand someone up
supernatural bird
nocturnal bird
vagrant bird (a migrating bird which has lost its way) / a vagrant
loon (bird of genus Gavia)
pinion
birdhouse
oriole / bird
(bird species of China) little spiderhunter (Arachnothera longirostra)
bird
toucan
(bird species of China) red-throated loon (Gavia stellata)
birdwatching
(bird species of China) olive-backed sunbird (Cinnyris jugularis)
(bird species of China) oriental dollarbird (Eurystomus orientalis)
(bird species of China) Eurasian three-toed woodpecker (Picoides tridactylus)
(bird species of China) oriental dwarf kingfisher (Ceyx erithacus)
China Ornithological Society
Sinosauropteryx, a small dinosaur that lived in what is now northeastern China during the early Cretaceous period
lit. human beings will die for riches, just as birds will for food (idiom) / fig. man will do anything in his means to become rich
(bird species of China) lowland white-eye (Zosterops meyeni)
lit. scatter like birds and beasts (idiom) / fig. to head off in various directions / to flee helter-skelter
(bird species of China) oriental pied hornbill (Anthracoceros albirostris)
(bird species of China) purple-backed starling (Agropsar sturninus)
(bird species of China) thick-billed flowerpecker (Dicaeum agile)
(bird species of China) fork-tailed sunbird (Aethopyga christinae)
Archaeoraptor (bird-like dinosaur)
honeyeater (bird of family Meliphagidae)
(bird species of China) Asian fairy-bluebird (Irena puella)
In the sky to be two birds flying wing to wing, on earth to be two trees with branches intertwined / wishing for conjugal bliss
sinister person / unsavory character / broken (not in working order)

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