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lit. crow and peacock make no sound / absolute silence (idiom); not a single voice can be heard / absolute silence
HSK 7-9
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a freckle / lentigo
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(bound form) small bird / sparrow / also pr. [qiao3]
sparrow / (dialect) mahjong
peafowl; peacock
(bird species of China) Eurasian skylark (Alauda arvensis)
tit
Nestlé
(ancient Chinese astronomy) Zhuque, the Vermilion Bird (the southern quadrant of the sky) / (Daoism) the guardian deity of the south
rosefinch (genus Carpodacus)
the sparrow may be small but all its vital organs are there (idiom) / small but complete in every detail
(bird species of China) Eurasian siskin (Spinus spinus)
freckles
cheering excitedly (idiom) / jubilant
excited / in high spirits
(bird species of China) brambling (Fringilla montifringilla) / (fig.) small fry
bird
lit. you can net sparrows at the door (idiom) / fig. completely deserted
elated / overjoyed
a freckle / lentigo
lit. a caged bird in a pavilion (idiom); fig. to lose vigilance by comfortable living / unaware of the disasters ahead / a fool's paradise
(bird species of China) Hainan peacock-pheasant (Polyplectron katsumatae)
canary
(bird species of China) red avadavat (Amandava amandava)
oriental greenfinch (Carduelis sinica)
(bird species of China) rock sparrow (Petronia petronia)
broom / furze (family Fabaceae)
(bird species of China) silver-throated bushtit (Aegithalos glaucogularis)
(bird species of China) bearded reedling (Panurus biarmicus)
bird
(bird species of China) green peafowl (Pavo muticus)
lit. a caged bird in a pavilion (idiom); fig. to lose vigilance by comfortable living / unaware of the disasters ahead / a fool's paradise
order Passeriformes (perching birds)
(bird species of China) Eurasian bullfinch (Pyrrhula pyrrhula)
(bird species of China) grey-capped greenfinch (Chloris sinica)
finch (family Fringillidae)
(bird species of China) yellow-browed tit (Sylviparus modestus)
lit. to net sparrows and dig out rats (idiom) / fig. to try every possible means of obtaining food (in times of starvation)
(bird species of China) coal tit (Periparus ater)
(bird species of China) green-backed tit (Parus monticolus)
Pontius Pilate (in the Biblical passion story)
(bird species of China) white-browed tit-warbler (Leptopoecile sophiae)
(bird species of China) cinereous tit (Parus cinereus)
to dissect a sparrow / (fig.) to examine a typical case as the basis for making a generalization
(bird species of China) golden-fronted fulvetta (Schoeniparus variegaticeps)
(bird species of China) great rosefinch (Carpodacus rubicilla)
(bird species of China) Japanese sparrowhawk (Accipiter gularis)
(bird species of China) marsh tit (Poecile palustris)
(bird species of China) azure tit (Cyanistes cyanus)
(bird species of China) pink-browed rosefinch (Carpodacus rodochroa)
(bird species of China) white-browed tit (Poecile superciliosus)
(bird species of China) dusky fulvetta (Schoeniparus brunneus)
(bird species of China) willow tit (Poecile montanus)
(bird species of China) hawfinch (Coccothraustes coccothraustes)
(bird species of China) crested finchbill (Spizixos canifrons)
(bird species of China) Chinese grosbeak (Eophona migratoria)
(bird species of China) spot-breasted parrotbill (Paradoxornis guttaticollis)
Peacock River in Xinjiang
Maurya Dynasty of India (322-185 BC)
(bird species of China) house sparrow (Passer domesticus)
(bird species of China) streaked rosefinch (Carpodacus rubicilloides)
(bird species of China) dark-breasted rosefinch (Procarduelis nipalensis)
(bird species of China) pine grosbeak (Pinicola enucleator)
(bird species of China) Blanford's snowfinch (Pyrgilauda blanfordi)
(bird species of China) vinous-throated parrotbill (Suthora webbiana)
(bird species of China) grey-headed bullfinch (Pyrrhula erythaca)
lit. sparrow and swallow's congratulation (idiom); fig. to congratulate sb on completion of a building project / congratulations on your new house!
(bird species of China) spectacled parrotbill (Suthora conspicillata)
(bird species of China) two-barred crossbill; white-winged crossbill (Loxia leucoptera)
(bird species of China) red-fronted rosefinch (Carpodacus puniceus)
(bird species of China) Père David's tit; rusty-breasted tit (Poecile davidi)
(bird species of China) black-throated bushtit (Aegithalos concinnus)
(bird species of China) Sikkim treecreeper (Certhia discolor)
(bird species of China) black-winged snowfinch (Montifringilla adamsi)
(bird species of China) brown parrotbill (Paradoxornis unicolor)
(bird species of China) Blanford's rosefinch (Agraphospiza rubescens)
(bird species of China) common linnet (Linaria cannabina)
(bird species of China) long-billed murrelet (Brachyramphus perdix)
Chola Mountains in Sichuan
night blindness
(bird species of China) collared finchbill (Spizixos semitorques)
(bird species of China) pale-billed parrotbill (Suthora atrosuperciliaris)
(bird species of China) Japanese grosbeak (Eophona personata)
(bird species of China) three-toed parrotbill (Paradoxornis paradoxus)
(bird species of China) Chinese white-browed rosefinch (Carpodacus dubius)
(bird species of China) Chinese penduline tit (Remiz consobrinus)
(bird species of China) Hume's treecreeper (Certhia manipurensis)
(bird species of China) sultan tit (Melanochlora sultanea)
(bird species of China) Japanese murrelet (Synthliboramphus wumizusume)
(bird species of China) Pallas's rosefinch (Carpodacus roseus)
(bird species of China) long-tailed tit (Aegithalos caudatus)
(bird species of China) manipur fulvetta (Fulvetta manipurensis)
(bird species of China) Himalayan white-browed rosefinch (Carpodacus thura)
(bird species of China) Himalayan beautiful rosefinch (Carpodacus pulcherrimus)
(bird species of China) spot-winged rosefinch (Carpodacus rodopeplus)
(bird species of China) Sichuan treecreeper (Certhia tianquanensis)
(bird species of China) great tit (Parus major)
(bird species of China) great iora (Aegithina lafresnayei)
(Internet slang) spoiled city girl from a rich family
Pavo (constellation)

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