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charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *蝶* | 蝶* | *蝶
(bound form) butterfly
bow / bowknot
butterfly / CL: 隻|只
pierid (butterfly of the Pieridae family)
butterfly (family)
Zhuangzi 莊子|庄子 dreams of a butterfly (or is it the butterfly dreaming of Zhuangzi?)
nymphalid / butterfly
swallowtail butterfly
papillon (lapdog with butterfly-like ears)
sphenoid bone (front of the temple)
Mandarin ducks and butterfly (i.e. love birds) literary school around 1900, criticized as populist and romantic by socialist realists
iris / Iris tectorum
butterfly stroke (swimming)
crispy short-crust pastry / mille-feuilles
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *蜨* | 蜨* | *蜨
variant of
lit. (of a flower) to attract bees and butterflies (idiom) / fig. to flirt
variant of 蝴蝶
butterfly effect (dynamical systems theory)
swallow tail butterfly (family Papilionidae)
(Tw) (loanword) decoupage
family Papilionidae (taxonomy)
lit. to break through a cocoon and turn into a butterfly (idiom) / fig. to emerge strong after a period of struggle / to get to a better place after going through difficult period
same as yangqin 揚琴|扬琴, dulcimer
plaice
common tiger butterfly (Danaus genutia)
hinge
bow tie
bow tie
bow tie
sphenoidal sinus
Phalaenopsis (flower genus)
Mandarin ducks and butterfly (i.e. love birds) / derogatory reference to populist and romantic writing around 1900


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