鸟 bird / CL:隻|只[zhi1],群[qun2] / "bird" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 196) / (dialect) to pay attention to / (intensifier) damned / goddamn 飞 鸟 fēi niǎo bird 鸟 儿 niǎo r bird 鸟 雀 niǎo què bird 雀 鸟 què niǎo bird 雀 bird 禽 流 感 qín liú gǎn bird flu / avian influenza 打 下 dǎ xià to lay (a foundation) / to conquer (a city etc) / to shoot down (a bird etc) 小 鸟 xiǎo niǎo small bird / young bird (hatchling, nestling, fledgling, chick) / (fig.) penis (kiddie term) / (golf) birdie 落 网 luò wǎng (of a bird, fish etc) to be caught in a net / (of a tennis ball) to hit the net / (of a criminal) to be captured 老 鹰 lǎo yīng (coll.) eagle / hawk / any similar bird of prey 网 罗 wǎng luó net for fishing or bird catching / (fig.) fetters / to snare (a valuable new team member etc) / to bring together under the one umbrella 候 鸟 hòu niǎo migratory bird 大 鹏 dà péng legendary giant bird 禽 类 qín lèi bird species / birds 人 禽 流 感 rén qín liú gǎn human avian influenza / human bird flu 合 拢 hé lǒng to close (flower, eyes, suitcase etc) / to bring together / (insect or bird when not flying) to fold (its wings) 捷 足 先 登 jié zú xiān dēng the quick-footed climb up first (idiom) / the early bird catches the worm / first come, first served 吃 食 chī shí to eat (of bird or animal) / to feed 禽 蛋 qín dàn bird eggs 猛 禽 měng qín bird of prey 四 象 sì xiàng four divisions (of the twenty-eight constellations 二十八宿[er4 shi2 ba1 xiu4] of the sky into groups of seven mansions), namely: Azure Dragon 青龍|青龙[Qing1 long2], White Tiger 白虎[Bai2 hu3], Vermilion Bird 朱雀[Zhu1 que4], Black Tortoise 玄武[Xuan2 wu3] 网 开 一 面 wǎng kāi yī miàn open the net on one side (idiom) / let the caged bird fly / to give one's opponent a way out / lenient treatment 九 头 鸟 jiǔ tóu niǎo legendary bird with nine heads (old) / cunning or sly person 关 mountain pass / to close / to shut / to turn off / to confine / to lock (sb) up / to shut (sb in a room, a bird in a cage etc) / to concern / to involve 罗 网 luó wǎng net / fishing net / bird net 鲲 鹏 kūn péng kun 鯤|鲲[kun1] and peng 鵬|鹏[Peng2], mythological beasts / peng, a gigantic bird transformed from the kun 夜 鹰 yè yīng nightjar (nocturnal bird in the family Caprimulgidae) 精 卫 Jīng wèi mythological bird, reincarnation of drowned daughter Nüwa 女娃[Nu:3 wa2] of Fiery Emperor 炎帝[Yan2 di4] 雏 儿 chú ér newly hatched bird / fig. inexperienced person / fig. chick (slighting term for young woman) / bimbo 笨 鸟 先 飞 bèn niǎo xiān fēi lit. the clumsy bird flies early (idiom) / fig. to work hard to compensate for one's limited abilities 鸟 粪 niǎo fèn guano / bird excrement 樊 笼 fán lóng bird cage / (fig.) prison / confinement 精 卫 填 海 Jīng wèi tián hǎi lit. mythical bird Jingwei tries to fill the ocean with stones (idiom) / futile ambition / task of Sisyphus / determination in the face of impossible odds 益 鸟 yì niǎo beneficial bird (esp. one that preys on insect pests or mice) 血 凝 素 xuè níng sù hemaglutinin (the H of virus such as bird flu H5N1) 雕 bird of prey 鹏 Péng Peng, large fabulous bird / roc 翅 wing (of a bird or insect) (bound form) 翁 elderly man / father / father-in-law / neck feathers of a bird (old) 雀 (bound form) small bird / sparrow / also pr. [qiao3] 爪 foot of a bird or animal / paw / claws / talons 爪 (coll.) foot of an animal or bird / (coll.) foot supporting a cooking pot etc 咕 (onom.) for the sound of a bird, an empty stomach etc 牡 (of a bird, animal or plant) male / key / hills 雏 chick / young bird 鸾 mythical bird related to phoenix 鹘 falcon / migratory bird 颏 (used in bird names) throat 牝 (of a bird, animal or plant) female / keyhole / valley 鸩 legendary bird whose feathers can be used as poison / poisonous / to poison sb 鸷 fierce / brutal / bird of prey 鲲 fry (newly hatched fish) / legendary giant fish that could transform into a giant bird 鵬|鹏[Peng2] 隹 short-tailed bird 鸲 (bound form, used in the names of various kinds of bird, esp. robins and redstarts) 鹣 mythical bird with one eye and one wing / see also 鰈鶼|鲽鹣[die2 jian1] 腄 callus on the hand or foot / upper leg bone of horse or bird / buttocks 鷃 quail-like bird 鸂 a kind of water bird resembling a duck 鹍 large bird, possibly related to crane or swan (archaic) / mythical monstrous bird, cf Sinbad's roc 惊 弓 之 鸟 jīng gōng zhī niǎo lit. a bird startled by the mere twang of a bow (idiom) / fig. sb who frightens easily, due to past experiences 鸟 枪 换 炮 niǎo qiāng huàn pào bird shotgun replaced by cannon (idiom) / equipment improved enormously 鴽 quail-like bird 罥 bird catching net / to bind / to hang 燕 雀 处 堂 yàn què chù táng lit. a caged bird in a pavilion (idiom) / fig. to lose vigilance by comfortable living / unaware of the disasters ahead / a fool's paradise 笼 鸟 槛 猿 lóng niǎo jiàn yuán bird in a basket, monkey in a cage (idiom) / prisoner 网 开 三 面 wǎng kāi sān miàn to leave the net open on three sides (idiom) / let the caged bird fly / to give one's opponent a way out / lenient treatment 良 禽 择 木 liáng qín zé mù a fine bird chooses a tree to nest in (proverb) / fig. a talented person chooses a patron of integrity 处 堂 燕 雀 chù táng yàn què lit. a caged bird in a pavilion (idiom) / fig. to lose vigilance by comfortable living / unaware of the disasters ahead / a fool's paradise 鴂 tailorbird (Orthotomus spp.) / weaver bird (family Ploceidae) / variant of 鴃[jue2], shrike / cuckoo 小 鸟 依 人 xiǎo niǎo yī rén lit. like a little bird relying on people (idiom) / fig. cute and helpless-looking 䴔 a kind of aquatic bird 食 火 鸡 shí huǒ jī cassowary (genus Casuarius), large flightless bird native to northeastern Australia and New Guinea / CL:隻|只[zhi1] 鶵 chick / young bird 鸏 tropic bird 罿 bird net 罻 bird net 鸂 鶒 xī chì a kind of water bird resembling a mandarin duck 咮 beak of bird / peck at 翪 uneven flight of a bird 泄 殖 腔 xiè zhí qiāng cloaca / cloacal cavity (of bird, reptile etc) 鷏 bird name 呼 呼 哱 hū hū bō colloquial word for hoopoe bird (Upupa epops) 哱 phonetic bo / used in onomatopoeia / see 呼呼哱[hu1 hu1 bo1], hoopoe bird 夜 鸟 yè niǎo nocturnal bird 大 鹏 鸟 dà péng niǎo roc (mythical bird of prey) 幼 雏 yòu chú young bird / nestling 恐 鸟 kǒng niǎo monstrous bird / moa (genus Dinornithidae, extinct bird of New Zealand) 情 急 了 qíng jí liǎo mythical talking bird / mynah bird 戴 菊 鸟 dài jú niǎo kinglet / bird of Regulus genus 打 鸟 dǎ niǎo to shoot a bird (with a gun, slingshot etc) / to photograph birds 杜 鹃 科 dù juān kē Cuculidae, bird family including cuckoo 杜鵑鳥|杜鹃鸟 枪 打 出 头 鸟 qiāng dǎ chū tóu niǎo the shot hits the bird that pokes its head out (idiom) / nonconformity gets punished 泄 殖 肛 孔 xiè zhí gāng kǒng cloaca (of bird or reptile) 涉 水 鸟 shè shuǐ niǎo a wading bird 琵 鷺 pí lù spoonbill (wading bird of the family Threskiornithidae) 留 鸟 liú niǎo nonmigratory bird 神 经 氨 酸 酶 shén jīng ān suān méi neuraminidase (the N of virus such as bird flu H5N1) 神 鸟 shén niǎo supernatural bird 秦 吉 了 qín jí liǎo mythical talking bird / mynah bird
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