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charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *關* | 關* | *關
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
HSK 1
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *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
lit. mythical bird Jingwei tries to fill the ocean with stones (idiom); futile ambition / task of Sisyphus / determination in the face of impossible odds
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *雕* | 雕* | *雕
to carve / to engrave / shrewd / bird of prey
HSK 7-9
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *隻* | 隻* | *隻
classifier for birds and certain animals, one of a pair, some utensils, vessels etc
HSK 3
(of a bird, insect etc) to hatch / (slang) (fig.) to be born / to crack open (an egg, a nut etc)
to kill two birds with one stone (idiom)
bird flu / avian influenza
(bird species of China) mandarin duck (Aix galericulata) / (fig.) affectionate couple; happily married couple
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *雀* | 雀* | *雀
(bound form) small bird / sparrow / also pr. [qiao3]
(bird species of China) coconut lorikeet (Trichoglossus haematodus)
(bird species of China) white-throated redstart (Phoenicurus schisticeps)
(bird species of China) yellow-legged buttonquail (Turnix tanki)
(bird species of China) striped prinia (Prinia striata)
(bird species of China) medium egret (Ardea intermedia)
(bird species of China) sandhill crane (Antigone canadensis)
(bird species of China) chestnut-throated monal-partridge (Tetraophasis obscurus)
(bird species of China) Japanese grosbeak (Eophona personata)
(bird species of China) Ural owl (Strix uralensis)
(bird species of China) spotted crake (Porzana porzana)
(bird species of China) white-rumped snowfinch (Onychostruthus taczanowskii)
(bird species of China) little grebe (Tachybaptus ruficollis)
(bird species of China) black-winged snowfinch (Montifringilla adamsi)
(bird species of China) black baza (Aviceda leuphotes)
(bird species of China) large hawk-cuckoo (Hierococcyx sparverioides)
(bird species of China) southern grey shrike (Lanius meridionalis)
(bird species of China) Tibetan partridge (Perdix hodgsoniae)
(bird species of China) Ijima's leaf warbler (Phylloscopus ijimae)
(bird species of China) black-throated prinia (Prinia atrogularis)
(bird species of China) short-billed minivet (Pericrocotus brevirostris)
(bird species of China) racket-tailed treepie (Crypsirina temia)
(bird species of China) black-backed forktail (Enicurus immaculatus)
(bird species of China) Blyth's kingfisher (Alcedo hercules)
(bird species of China) ruddy turnstone (Arenaria interpres)
(bird species of China) black-throated sunbird (Aethopyga saturata)
(bird species of China) slender-billed scimitar babbler (Pomatorhinus superciliaris)
(bird species of China) red-necked stint (Calidris ruficollis)
ostrich (Struthio camelus) / also written 鴕鳥|鸵鸟 / fabulous bird like Sinbad's roc
(bird species of China) crow-billed drongo (Dicrurus annectens)
(bird species of China) snowy owl (Bubo scandiacus)
(bird species of China) Japanese scops owl (Otus semitorques)
(bird species of China) clamorous reed warbler (Acrocephalus stentoreus)
(bird species of China) glossy ibis (Plegadis falcinellus)
(bird species of China) grey-headed canary-flycatcher (Culicicapa ceylonensis)
(bird species of China) mistle thrush (Turdus viscivorus)
(bird species of China) black-throated loon (Gavia arctica)
(bird species of China) Père David's snowfinch (Pyrgilauda davidiana)
oriole / bird
(bird species of China) Steere's liocichla (Liocichla steerii)
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *翅* | 翅* | *翅
(bound form) wing (of a bird or insect)
bird's-eye view
(bird species of China) ruddy shelduck (Tadorna ferruginea)
(of a bird) to peck at food
(bird species of China) Himalayan bulbul (Pycnonotus leucogenys)
(bird species of China) Manipur fulvetta (Fulvetta manipurensis)
(bird species of China) yellow-bellied flowerpecker (Dicaeum melanozanthum)
(bird species of China) shikra (Accipiter badius)
(bird species of China) Nepal house martin (Delichon nipalense)
(bird species of China) Chinese fulvetta (Fulvetta striaticollis)
name used for many fishing birds / cormorant / osprey
(bird species of China) crested myna (Acridotheres cristatellus)
to pat / to slap / (of a bird) to flap (one's wings)
(bird species of China) grey bush chat (Saxicola ferreus)
(bird species of China) slaty-backed flycatcher (Ficedula erithacus)
(bird species of China) white-crested laughingthrush (Garrulax leucolophus)
(bird species of China) bonin petrel (Pterodroma hypoleuca)
(bird species of China) pin-tailed snipe (Gallinago stenura)
to lay (a foundation) / to conquer (a city etc) / to shoot down (a bird etc)
(bird species of China) brown noddy (Anous stolidus)
(bird species of China) pallid scops owl (Otus brucei)
(bird species of China) reed parrotbill (Paradoxornis heudei)
cassowary (genus Casuarius), large flightless bird native to northeastern Australia and New Guinea / CL: 隻|只
(bird species of China) snow bunting (Plectrophenax nivalis)
(bird species of China) green-eared barbet (Psilopogon faiostrictus)
(bird species of China) red-billed scimitar babbler (Pomatorhinus ochraceiceps)
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *距* | 距* | *距
to be at a distance of ... from; to be apart from / (bound form) distance / spur (on the leg of certain birds: gamecock, pheasant etc)
HSK 7-9
(bird species of China) streaked rosefinch (Carpodacus rubicilloides)
(bird species of China) large-billed leaf warbler (Phylloscopus magnirostris)
(bird species of China) rufous-necked hornbill (Aceros nipalensis)
(bird species of China) white-necklaced partridge (Arborophila gingica)
migratory bird
(bird species of China) barn swallow (Hirundo rustica)
(bird species of China) Swinhoe's rail (Coturnicops exquisitus)
(bird species of China) Sabine's gull (Xema sabini)
(bird species of China) Fujian niltava (Niltava davidi)
pigeon / dove / various birds of the family Columbidae
HSK 7-9
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *鵰* | 鵰* | *鵰
bird of prey
HSK 7-9
(bird species of China) Blyth's paradise flycatcher (Terpsiphone affinis)
(bird species of China) Tibetan bunting (Emberiza koslowi)
(bird species of China) white eared pheasant (Crossoptilon crossoptilon)
(of a bird) to perch / (of creatures in general) to inhabit; to dwell
(bird species of China) lanceolated warbler (Locustella lanceolata)
lit. one arrow, two golden eagles (idiom) / to kill two birds with one stone
open the net on one side (idiom); let the caged bird fly / to give one's opponent a way out / lenient treatment
(bird species of China) hazel grouse (Tetrastes bonasia)
(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
(bird species of China) rufous hawk-cuckoo (Hierococcyx hyperythrus)
(of birds) to migrate south for the winter
(bird species of China) red-billed leiothrix (Leiothrix lutea)
lit. a bird startled by the mere twang of a bow (idiom) / fig. sb who frightens easily, due to past experiences

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