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a freckle / lentigo
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(bound form) small bird / sparrow / also pr. [qiao3]
(bird species of China) Japanese grosbeak (Eophona personata)
(bird species of China) white-rumped snowfinch (Onychostruthus taczanowskii)
(bird species of China) black-winged snowfinch (Montifringilla adamsi)
(bird species of China) Père David's snowfinch (Pyrgilauda davidiana)
(bird species of China) Manipur fulvetta (Fulvetta manipurensis)
(bird species of China) Chinese fulvetta (Fulvetta striaticollis)
lit. can the sparrow and swallow know the will of the great swan? (idiom) / fig. how can we small fry predict the ambitions of the great?
(bird species of China) reed parrotbill (Paradoxornis heudei)
cheering excitedly (idiom) / jubilant
(bird species of China) streaked rosefinch (Carpodacus rubicilloides)
Pavo (constellation)
lit. crow and peacock make no sound / absolute silence (idiom); not a single voice can be heard / absolute silence
HSK 7-9
(bird species of China) common iora (Aegithina tiphia)
(bird species of China) great tit (Parus major)
(bird species of China) Eurasian skylark (Alauda arvensis)
(Internet slang) spoiled city girl from a rich family
Maurya Dynasty of India (322-185 BC)
(bird species of China) grey-hooded fulvetta (Fulvetta cinereiceps)
(bird species of China) Sillem's mountain finch (Leucosticte sillemi)
(bird species of China) collared finchbill (Spizixos semitorques)
to dissect a sparrow / (fig.) to examine a typical case as the basis for making a generalization
peafowl; peacock
(bird species of China) rufous-vented tit (Periparus rubidiventris)
(bird species of China) red-fronted serin (Serinus pusillus)
(bird species of China) dark-breasted rosefinch (Procarduelis nipalensis)
oriental greenfinch (Carduelis sinica)
to be a noise in the world / to acquire notoriety
the sparrow may be small but all its vital organs are there (idiom) / small but complete in every detail
(bird species of China) yellow-cheeked tit (Machlolophus spilonotus)
(bird species of China) sultan tit (Melanochlora sultanea)
elated / overjoyed
(bird species of China) Eurasian sparrowhawk (Accipiter nisus)
(bird species of China) Japanese murrelet (Synthliboramphus wumizusume)
night blindness
(bird species of China) black-throated bushtit (Aegithalos concinnus)
(bird species of China) yellow-throated fulvetta (Schoeniparus cinereus)
(bird species of China) white-browed fulvetta (Fulvetta vinipectus)
(bird species of China) rufous-necked snowfinch (Pyrgilauda ruficollis)
(bird species of China) European greenfinch (Chloris chloris)
(bird species of China) coal tit (Periparus ater)
(bird species of China) red-mantled rosefinch (Carpodacus rhodochlamys)
(bird species of China) Eurasian bullfinch (Pyrrhula pyrrhula)
lit. heaven won't let the sparrows go hungry (idiom) / fig. don't give up hope / if you tough it out, there will be light at the end of the tunnel
(bird species of China) brown-cheeked fulvetta (Alcippe poioicephala)
(bird species of China) long-billed murrelet (Brachyramphus perdix)
lit. to catch sparrows blindfolded (idiom) / fig. to act blindly
Chola Mountains in Sichuan
(bird species of China) yellow-bellied tit (Pardaliparus venustulus)
(bird species of China) black-browed bushtit (Aegithalos bonvaloti)
(bird species of China) Chinese penduline tit (Remiz consobrinus)
(bird species of China) besra (Accipiter virgatus)
(bird species of China) white-browed tit (Poecile superciliosus)
(bird species of China) streaked weaver (Ploceus manyar)
(bird species of China) grey-crested tit (Lophophanes dichrous)
(bird species of China) brown parrotbill (Paradoxornis unicolor)
(bird species of China) yellow-browed tit (Sylviparus modestus)
sparrow / (dialect) mahjong
(bird species of China) Blanford's snowfinch (Pyrgilauda blanfordi)
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) dusky fulvetta (Schoeniparus brunneus)
(bird species of China) brown-throated fulvetta; Ludlow's fulvetta (Fulvetta ludlowi)
canary
(bird species of China) gold-naped finch (Pyrrhoplectes epauletta)
Nestlé
Nyitso Monastery in Dawu County 道孚縣|道孚县, Garze Tibetan autonomous prefecture, Sichuan
(bird species of China) brambling (Fringilla montifringilla) / (fig.) small fry
(bird species of China) grey-capped greenfinch (Chloris sinica)
broom / furze (family Fabaceae)
(bird species of China) black-bibbed tit (Poecile hypermelaenus)
(bird species of China) Chinese grosbeak (Eophona migratoria)
(bird species of China) bearded reedling (Panurus biarmicus)
(bird species of China) rufous-winged fulvetta (Schoeniparus castaneceps)
(bird species of China) Mongolian finch (Bucanetes mongolicus)
(bird species of China) Tibetan serin (Spinus thibetanus)
(bird species of China) ground tit (Pseudopodoces humilis)
(bird species of China) rhinoceros auklet (Cerorhinca monocerata)
order Passeriformes (perching birds)
freckles
(bird species of China) Sichuan tit (Poecile weigoldicus)
(bird species of China) spot-winged grosbeak (Mycerobas melanozanthos)
(bird species of China) pine grosbeak (Pinicola enucleator)
(bird species of China) Sharpe's rosefinch (Carpodacus verreauxii)
(bird species of China) golden-breasted fulvetta (Lioparus chrysotis)
(bird species of China) golden parrotbill (Suthora verreauxi)
lit. you can net sparrows at the door (idiom) / fig. completely deserted
a freckle / lentigo
(bird species of China) twite (Linaria flavirostris)
(bird species of China) common rosefinch (Carpodacus erythrinus)
(bird species of China) European goldfinch (Carduelis carduelis)
(bird species of China) spot-breasted parrotbill (Paradoxornis guttaticollis)
(bird species of China) spot-winged rosefinch (Carpodacus rodopeplus)
(bird species of China) grey-headed parrotbill (Paradoxornis gularis)
(bird species of China) cinereous tit (Parus cinereus)
bird
(bird species of China) white-browed tit-warbler (Leptopoecile sophiae)
(bird species of China) great rosefinch (Carpodacus rubicilla)
tit
(bird species of China) desert finch (Rhodospiza obsoleta)

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