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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
to kill two birds with one stone (idiom)
birdhouse
(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
birdcage
(bird species of China) red-billed leiothrix (Leiothrix lutea)
lit. birdsong and fragrant flowers (idiom); fig. the intoxication of a beautiful spring day
vulture
lit. a bird startled by the mere twang of a bow (idiom) / fig. sb who frightens easily, due to past experiences
flora and fauna
(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
a bird-watcher
bird's nest / nickname for Beijing 2008 Olympic stadium
HSK 7-9
supernatural bird
lit. scatter like birds and beasts (idiom) / fig. to head off in various directions / to flee helter-skelter
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)
it takes all sorts (to make a world) (idiom)
redbreast / robin
(bird species of China) common flameback (Dinopium javanense)
birdsong / warbling
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)
China Ornithological Society
(bird species of China) rufous woodpecker (Micropternus brachyurus)
waterbird
lit. to scatter like birds and beasts (idiom) / fig. to flee in all directions
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)
a road only a bird can manage / steep dangerous road
bird gun
pinion
(bird species of China) lineated barbet (Psilopogon lineatus)
(Tw) early bird discount
(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)
bird shotgun replaced by cannon (idiom); equipment improved enormously
birds and beasts / fauna
ornithosis
bird
bird characters (a decorated form of the Great Seal)
to stand out (among a group) / distinguished
lit. like a little bird relying on people (idiom) / fig. cute and helpless-looking
to get a bird's-eye view / bird's-eye view / broad overview
skylark
(bird species of China) blue-winged pitta (Pitta moluccensis)
guano / bird excrement
a wading bird
kingfisher
(bird species of China) Mrs. Gould's sunbird (Aethopyga gouldiae)
bird strike (aviation)
Chlamydia ornithosis
(Tw) (bird species of China) common hill myna (Gracula religiosa)
(bird species of China) lesser spotted woodpecker (Dryobates minor)
the dodo (extinct bird)
dinosaur ancestors of birds
(bird species of China) Taiwan barbet (Psilopogon nuchalis)
birdwatching
bird
fowling piece (archaic gun)
ostrich policy (sticking one's head in the sand, failing to acknowledge danger)
(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)
cockle (mollusk of the family Cardiidae)
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
kinglet / bird of Regulus genus

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