"Kite" • Chinese-English Dictionary

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 fēng zhēng kite
 yuān kite (small hawk)
 zhǐ yuān kite
 zhǐ yào kite
 fēng zheng kite (Etymology: Kites with bamboo whistles attached produced musical sounds when flown.)
线 duàn xiàn (of a guitar, kite etc) to have a string break / (of a tradition etc) to be discontinued / (telephone or Internet connection) disconnected / cut off
线 duàn xiàn fēng zhēng a kite that is lost after its string breaks (metaphor for sb one never hears from anymore)
 hēi yuān (bird species of China) black kite (Milvus migrans)
 lì yuān (bird species of China) Brahminy kite (Haliastur indus)
 hēi chì yuān (bird species of China) black-winged kite (Elanus caeruleus)
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