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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
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to kill two birds with one stone (idiom)
(bird species of China) short-billed minivet (Pericrocotus brevirostris)
(bird species of China) Blyth's kingfisher (Alcedo hercules)
(bird species of China) black-throated sunbird (Aethopyga saturata)
(bird species of China) black-throated loon (Gavia arctica)
oriole / bird
(bird species of China) yellow-bellied flowerpecker (Dicaeum melanozanthum)
(coll.) sb new to a particular subject / rookie / beginner / newbie
(bird species of China) green-eared barbet (Psilopogon faiostrictus)
(bird species of China) rufous-necked hornbill (Aceros nipalensis)
migratory bird
(bird species of China) red-billed leiothrix (Leiothrix lutea)
vulture
lit. a bird startled by the mere twang of a bow (idiom) / fig. sb who frightens easily, due to past experiences
(bird species of China) garden sunbird (Cinnyris jugularis)
Archaeopteryx
legendary bird with nine heads (old) / cunning or sly person
person of good character / nice person / bird with a melodious voice or beautiful plumage
supernatural bird
Archaeoraptor liaoningensis (bird-like dinosaur found in Liaoning province)
(bird species of China) great slaty woodpecker (Mulleripicus pulverulentus)
(bird species of China) Bohemian waxwing (Bombycilla garrulus)
small bird / young bird (hatchling, nestling, fledgling, chick) / (fig.) penis (kiddie term) / (golf) birdie
to shoot a bird (with a gun, slingshot etc) / to photograph birds
cuckoo (Cercococcyx spp.)
(bird species of China) Oriental dollarbird (Eurystomus orientalis)
shrike (family Laniidae)
(bird species of China) Asian fairy-bluebird (Irena puella)
(bird species of China) great spotted woodpecker (Dendrocopos major)
kiwi (bird) (loanword)
(bird species of China) spot-winged starling (Saroglossa spilopterus)
redbreast / robin
(bird species of China) common flameback (Dinopium javanense)
capercaillie (Lagopus, several species) / thunderbird (in native American mythology)
monstrous bird / moa (genus Dinornithidae, extinct bird of New Zealand)
flamingo
(bird species of China) rosy minivet (Pericrocotus roseus)
(bird species of China) rufous woodpecker (Micropternus brachyurus)
waterbird
cuckoo (Cercococcyx spp.) / same as 杜鵑鳥|杜鹃鸟
toucan
(bird species of China) common kingfisher (Alcedo atthis)
(bird species of China) willow ptarmigan (Lagopus lagopus)
(bird species of China) little spiderhunter (Arachnothera longirostra)
(bird species of China) lineated barbet (Psilopogon lineatus)
(bird species of China) Christmas frigatebird (Fregata andrewsi)
a caged bird
(bird species of China) fulvous-breasted woodpecker (Dendrocopos macei)
(bird species of China) golden-throated barbet (Psilopogon franklinii)
to stand out (among a group) / distinguished
skylark
(bird species of China) blue-winged pitta (Pitta moluccensis)
a wading bird
kingfisher
(bird species of China) Mrs. Gould's sunbird (Aethopyga gouldiae)
(Tw) (bird species of China) common hill myna (Gracula religiosa)
(bird species of China) lesser spotted woodpecker (Dryobates minor)
the dodo (extinct bird)
(bird species of China) Taiwan barbet (Psilopogon nuchalis)
birdwatching
bird
(bird species of China) white-winged woodpecker (Dendrocopos leucopterus)
woodpecker
flowerpecker (any bird of the family Dicaeidae)
(bird species of China) Swinhoe's white-eye (Zosterops simplex)
(bird species of China) red-footed booby (Sula sula)
kinglet / bird of Regulus genus
jackdaw (family Corvidae)
(bird species of China) purple sunbird (Cinnyris asiaticus)
(bird species of China) Eurasian three-toed woodpecker (Picoides tridactylus)
(bird species of China) Indian white-eye (Zosterops palpebrosus)
beneficial bird (esp. one that preys on insect pests or mice)
(bird species of China) fire-breasted flowerpecker (Dicaeum ignipectus)
(bird species of China) red-collared woodpecker (Picus rabieri)
Archaeoraptor (bird-like dinosaur)
(bird species of China) ashy minivet (Pericrocotus divaricatus)
(bird species of China) white-browed piculet (Sasia ochracea)
(bird species of China) white-rumped munia (Lonchura striata)
(bird species of China) Brahminy starling (Sturnia pagodarum)
starling / gray starling (Sturnus cineraceus)
(bird species of China) lesser frigatebird (Fregata ariel)
dinosaur ancestor of birds
(bird species of China) red-billed starling (Spodiopsar sericeus)
(bird species of China) long-tailed broadbill (Psarisomus dalhousiae)
bird
(bird species of China) buff-spotted flameback (Chrysocolaptes lucidus)
(bird species of China) Pacific loon (Gavia pacifica)
(bird species of China) purple-naped spiderhunter (Kurochkinegramma hypogrammicum)
(bird species of China) blue-eared kingfisher (Alcedo meninting)
ostrich
toucan
to scare a bird into flight
(bird species of China) chestnut munia (Lonchura atricapilla)
(bird species of China) fork-tailed sunbird (Aethopyga christinae)
black-crowned night heron (Tw)
yakitori, a Japanese dish of skewered grilled chicken

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