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charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *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
capercaillie (Lagopus, several species) / thunderbird (in native American mythology)
(coll.) sb new to a particular subject / rookie / beginner / newbie
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *鳥* | 鳥* | *鳥
variant of / penis
birds
(vulgar) damned wretch / fucker / also pr. [niao3 ren2]
ostrich
Archaeopteryx
bird
bird shotgun replaced by cannon (idiom); equipment improved enormously
hummingbird
woodpecker
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
bird
birds / fowl
person of good character / nice person / bird with a melodious voice or beautiful plumage
guano / bird excrement
legendary bird with nine heads (old) / cunning or sly person
(bird species of China) Bohemian waxwing (Bombycilla garrulus)
lone bird / marginalized (country, person etc)
to scatter like birds and beasts
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
beak
shrike (family Laniidae)
birdcage
seabird
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
painting of birds and flowers
a road only a bird can manage / steep dangerous road
bird writing, a calligraphic style based on seal script 篆書|篆书, but with characters decorated as birds and insects
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
bird gun
lit. the solicitude of the crow (who provides for his old parent)(idiom) / fig. filial piety
waterbird
pest bird (esp. one that feeds on farm crops or newly hatched fish)
songbird
(bird species of China) long-tailed broadbill (Psarisomus dalhousiae)
torii (gateway of a Shinto shrine) (orthographic borrowing from Japanese 鳥居 "torii")
catbird
supernatural bird
birdhouse
to stand someone up
vagrant bird (a migrating bird which has lost its way) / a vagrant
nocturnal bird
loon (bird of genus Gavia)
pinion
sinister person / unsavory character / broken (not in working order)
(bird species of China) fork-tailed sunbird (Aethopyga christinae)
(bird species of China) scarlet-backed flowerpecker (Dicaeum cruentatum)
bird
bird
(bird species of China) Mrs. Gould's sunbird (Aethopyga gouldiae)
(bird species of China) common kingfisher (Alcedo atthis)
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
(bird species of China) grey-chinned minivet (Pericrocotus solaris)
tarantula
cuckoo (Cercococcyx spp.)
(bird species of China) willow ptarmigan (Lagopus lagopus)
the shot hits the bird that pokes its head out (idiom) / nonconformity gets punished
(bird species of China) little spiderhunter (Arachnothera longirostra)
(bird species of China) tricoloured munia (Lonchura malacca)
(bird species of China) black-collared starling (Gracupica nigricollis)
lit. scatter like birds and beasts (idiom) / fig. to head off in various directions / to flee helter-skelter
(bird species of China) Daurian starling; purple-backed starling (Agropsar sturninus)
(bird species of China) speckled piculet (Picumnus innominatus)
(bird species of China) rufous-necked hornbill (Aceros nipalensis)
(bird species of China) white-breasted waterhen (Amaurornis phoenicurus)
(bird species of China) red-throated loon (Gavia stellata)
(bird species of China) fire-breasted flowerpecker (Dicaeum ignipectus)

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