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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
HSK 2
bird's nest / nickname for Beijing 2008 Olympic stadium
HSK 7-9
(bird species of China) rock ptarmigan (Lagopus muta)
(bird species of China) short-billed minivet (Pericrocotus brevirostris)
(bird species of China) great frigatebird (Fregata minor)
hummingbird
(bird species of China) red-collared woodpecker (Picus rabieri)
Sinosauropteryx, a small dinosaur that lived in what is now northeastern China during the early Cretaceous period
(bird species of China) great slaty woodpecker (Mulleripicus pulverulentus)
bird
seabird
(bird species of China) great hornbill (Buceros bicornis)
bird
(bird species of China) warbling white-eye (Zosterops japonicus)
capercaillie (Lagopus, several species) / thunderbird (in native American mythology)
birds
disodium guanylate (E627)
toucan
to stand someone up
(ornithology) red bishop (Euplectes orix)
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *鳥* | 鳥* | *鳥
variant of / penis
birdcage
(bird species of China) chestnut-tailed starling (Sturnia malabarica)
(bird species of China) little spiderhunter (Arachnothera longirostra)
(bird species of China) blue-winged pitta (Pitta moluccensis)
the dodo (extinct bird)
ostrich
Archaeopteryx
jackdaw (family Corvidae)
to get a bird's-eye view / bird's-eye view / broad overview
bird's nest
kingfisher
lit. birdsong and fragrant flowers (idiom); fig. the intoxication of a beautiful spring day
birds and beasts / fauna
small bird / young bird (hatchling, nestling, fledgling, chick) / (fig.) penis (kiddie term) / (golf) birdie
to stand out (among a group) / distinguished
lit. like a little bird relying on people (idiom) / fig. cute and helpless-looking
redbreast / robin
lit. a bird startled by the mere twang of a bow (idiom) / fig. sb who frightens easily, due to past experiences
flamingo
birds / fowl
(bird species of China) masked booby (Sula dactylatra)
legendary bird with nine heads (old) / cunning or sly person
(bird species of China) Bohemian waxwing (Bombycilla garrulus)
lone bird / marginalized (country, person etc)
skylark
ornithology / study of birds
to kill two birds with one stone (idiom)
lit. the clumsy bird flies early (idiom); fig. to work hard to compensate for one's limited abilities
toucan
hornbill
lit. the birds are over, the bow is put away (idiom); fig. to get rid of sb once he has served his purpose
birdwatching
beak
to scatter like birds and beasts
a caged bird
monstrous bird / moa (genus Dinornithidae, extinct bird of New Zealand)
(Tw) (bird species of China) common hill myna (Gracula religiosa)
migratory bird
ostrich policy (sticking one's head in the sand, failing to acknowledge danger)
lyrebird
bird characters (a decorated form of the Great Seal)
beneficial bird (esp. one that preys on insect pests or mice)
lit. to scatter like birds and beasts (idiom) / fig. to flee in all directions
yakitori, a Japanese dish of skewered grilled chicken
starling / gray starling (Sturnus cineraceus)
bird's-eye view / see also 俯瞰圖|俯瞰图
(bird species of China) Darjeeling woodpecker (Dendrocopos darjellensis)
painting of birds and flowers
bird writing, a calligraphic style based on seal script 篆書|篆书, but with characters decorated as birds and insects
bird shotgun replaced by cannon (idiom); equipment improved enormously
bird in a basket, monkey in a cage (idiom); prisoner
flowerpecker (any bird of the family Dicaeidae)
flintlock musket / fowling piece (shotgun) / air gun
nonmigratory bird
sinister person / unsavory character / broken (not in working order)
(vulgar) damned wretch / fucker / also pr. [niao3 ren2]
bird gun
lit. the solicitude of the crow (who provides for his old parent)(idiom) / fig. filial piety
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
waterbird
pest bird (esp. one that feeds on farm crops or newly hatched fish)
(bird species of China) long-tailed broadbill (Psarisomus dalhousiae)
pinion
catbird
supernatural bird
(bird species of China) scaly-bellied woodpecker (Picus squamatus)
loon (bird of genus Gavia)
birdhouse
vagrant bird (a migrating bird which has lost its way) / a vagrant
(golf) birdie
(bird species of China) white-bellied woodpecker (Dryocopus javensis)
nocturnal bird
(bird species of China) buff-spotted flameback (Chrysocolaptes lucidus)
(bird species of China) great spotted woodpecker (Dendrocopos major)
bird strike (aviation)
(bird species of China) Eurasian three-toed woodpecker (Picoides tridactylus)
(bird species of China) fork-tailed sunbird (Aethopyga christinae)

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