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bird / CL: 隻|只, / "bird" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 196) / (dialect) to pay attention to / (intensifier) damned / goddamn
HSK 2
bird
woodpecker
flora and fauna
guanine nucleotide (G, pairs with cytosine C 胞嘧啶 in DNA and RNA)
(bird species of China) purple-naped spiderhunter (Kurochkinegramma hypogrammicum)
(bird species of China) Pacific loon (Gavia pacifica)
redbreast / robin
(bird species of China) Blyth's kingfisher (Alcedo hercules)
(bird species of China) black-throated sunbird (Aethopyga saturata)
monstrous bird / moa (genus Dinornithidae, extinct bird of New Zealand)
capercaillie (Lagopus, several species) / thunderbird (in native American mythology)
bird's nest / nickname for Beijing 2008 Olympic stadium
HSK 7-9
bird's nest
(bird species of China) tricoloured munia (Lonchura malacca)
to kill two birds with one stone (idiom)
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
lone bird / marginalized (country, person etc)
lit. scatter like birds and beasts (idiom) / fig. to head off in various directions / to flee helter-skelter
it takes all sorts (to make a world) (idiom)
legendary bird with nine heads (old) / cunning or sly person
small bird / young bird (hatchling, nestling, fledgling, chick) / (fig.) penis (kiddie term) / (golf) birdie
(Tw) early bird discount
birds
migratory bird
(Tw) (bird species of China) common hill myna (Gracula religiosa)
yakitori, a Japanese dish of skewered grilled chicken
supernatural bird
(bird species of China) purple sunbird (Cinnyris asiaticus)
lit. the birds are over, the bow is put away (idiom); fig. to get rid of sb once he has served his purpose
to shoot a bird (with a gun, slingshot etc) / to photograph birds
Confuciusornis sanctus (Jurassic fossil bird)
toucan
black-crowned night heron (Tw)
the shot hits the bird that pokes its head out (idiom) / nonconformity gets punished
(bird species of China) ashy minivet (Pericrocotus divaricatus)
lit. (a place where) birds don't defecate and hens don't lay eggs (idiom) / fig. god-forsaken / remote and desolate
(bird species of China) Bohemian waxwing (Bombycilla garrulus)
lit. the clumsy bird flies early (idiom); fig. to work hard to compensate for one's limited abilities
damn thing / (not one's) goddamn business
In the sky to be two birds flying wing to wing, on earth to be two trees with branches intertwined / wishing for conjugal bliss
lit. like a little bird relying on people (idiom) / fig. cute and helpless-looking
toucan
nonmigratory bird
birdcage
(bird species of China) black-collared starling (Gracupica nigricollis)
bird
honeyeater (bird of family Meliphagidae)
sinister person / unsavory character / broken (not in working order)
to stand someone up
loon (bird of genus Gavia)
(bird species of China) Austen's brown hornbill (Anorrhinus austeni)
bird in a basket, monkey in a cage (idiom); prisoner
(bird species of China) red-footed booby (Sula sula)
painting of birds and flowers
bird shotgun replaced by cannon (idiom); equipment improved enormously
a road only a bird can manage / steep dangerous road
(bird species of China) chestnut-tailed starling (Sturnia malabarica)
(bird species of China) oriental pied hornbill (Anthracoceros albirostris)
black-crowned night heron (Tw)
roc (mythical bird of prey)
(bird species of China) grey-capped pygmy woodpecker (Yungipicus canicapillus)
the dodo (extinct bird)
birdsong / warbling
songbird
cuckoo (Cercococcyx spp.)
(bird species of China) pale-headed woodpecker (Gecinulus grantia)
torii (gateway of a Shinto shrine) (orthographic borrowing from Japanese 鳥居 "torii")
oriole / bird
flowerpecker (any bird of the family Dicaeidae)
starling / gray starling (Sturnus cineraceus)
(bird species of China) ruby-cheeked sunbird (Chalcoparia singalensis)
(bird species of China) blue-throated barbet (Psilopogon asiaticus)
flamingo
(bird species of China) chestnut munia (Lonchura atricapilla)
kinglet / bird of Regulus genus
(bird species of China) white-shouldered starling (Sturnia sinensis)
beneficial bird (esp. one that preys on insect pests or mice)
birds / fowl
Archaeoraptor liaoningensis (bird-like dinosaur found in Liaoning province)
(vulgar) damned wretch / fucker / also pr. [niao3 ren2]
(bird species of China) Brahminy starling (Sturnia pagodarum)
(bird species of China) thick-billed flowerpecker (Dicaeum agile)
(bird species of China) great spotted woodpecker (Dendrocopos major)
(Tw) early bird ticket
(coll.) old hand; veteran
(bird species of China) brown booby (Sula leucogaster)
pinion
(bird species of China) great slaty woodpecker (Mulleripicus pulverulentus)
(bird species of China) chestnut-cheeked starling (Agropsar philippensis)
to stand out (among a group) / distinguished
pest bird (esp. one that feeds on farm crops or newly hatched fish)
(golf) birdie
hummingbird
(bird species of China) great hornbill (Buceros bicornis)
lit. birdsong and fragrant flowers (idiom); fig. the intoxication of a beautiful spring day
seabird
(bird species of China) lowland white-eye (Zosterops meyeni)

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