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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
capercaillie (Lagopus, several species) / thunderbird (in native American mythology)
(coll.) sb new to a particular subject / rookie / beginner / newbie
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  *鳥* | 鳥* | *鳥
variant of / penis
ostrich
Archaeopteryx
bird
hummingbird
woodpecker
kingfisher
small bird / young bird (hatchling, nestling, fledgling, chick) / (fig.) penis (kiddie term) / (golf) birdie
to stand out (among a group) / distinguished
redbreast / robin
lit. a bird startled by the mere twang of a bow (idiom) / fig. sb who frightens easily, due to past experiences
flamingo
birds / fowl
person of good character / nice person / bird with a melodious voice or beautiful plumage
legendary bird with nine heads (old) / cunning or sly person
(bird species of China) Bohemian waxwing (Bombycilla garrulus)
lone bird / marginalized (country, person etc)
skylark
to kill two birds with one stone (idiom)
toucan
hornbill
shrike (family Laniidae)
seabird
monstrous bird / moa (genus Dinornithidae, extinct bird of New Zealand)
(Tw) (bird species of China) common hill myna (Gracula religiosa)
migratory bird
lyrebird
beneficial bird (esp. one that preys on insect pests or mice)
yakitori, a Japanese dish of skewered grilled chicken
starling / gray starling (Sturnus cineraceus)
painting of birds and flowers
flowerpecker (any bird of the family Dicaeidae)
nonmigratory bird
waterbird
pest bird (esp. one that feeds on farm crops or newly hatched fish)
songbird
(bird species of China) long-tailed broadbill (Psarisomus dalhousiae)
catbird
supernatural bird
to stand someone up
vagrant bird (a migrating bird which has lost its way) / a vagrant
nocturnal bird
loon (bird of genus Gavia)
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 species of China) Mrs. Gould's sunbird (Aethopyga gouldiae)
(bird species of China) common kingfisher (Alcedo atthis)
(bird species of China) grey-chinned minivet (Pericrocotus solaris)
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)
(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)
(bird species of China) chestnut munia (Lonchura atricapilla)
(bird species of China) white-shouldered starling (Sturnia sinensis)
(bird species of China) common starling (Sturnus vulgaris)
(bird species of China) blue-winged pitta (Pitta moluccensis)
(bird species of China) scarlet minivet (Pericrocotus speciosus)
(bird species of China) Asian fairy-bluebird (Irena puella)
toucan
(bird species of China) scaly-breasted munia (Lonchura punctulata)
(bird species of China) common loon (Gavia immer)
(bird species of China) rufous woodpecker (Micropternus brachyurus)
(bird species of China) white-backed woodpecker (Dendrocopos leucotos)
(bird species of China) pale-headed woodpecker (Gecinulus grantia)
(bird species of China) plain flowerpecker (Dicaeum minullum)
(bird species of China) blue-throated barbet (Psilopogon asiaticus)
(bird species of China) brown booby (Sula leucogaster)
birdwatching
(bird species of China) crimson-naped woodpecker; crimson-breasted woodpecker (Dryobates cathpharius)
(bird species of China) coppersmith barbet (Psilopogon haemacephalus)
roc (mythical bird of prey) / great talent
(bird species of China) yellow-bellied flowerpecker (Dicaeum melanozanthum)
(bird species of China) garden sunbird (Cinnyris jugularis)
(bird species of China) Oriental dollarbird (Eurystomus orientalis)
(bird species of China) Eurasian three-toed woodpecker (Picoides tridactylus)
(bird species of China) black-backed dwarf kingfisher (Ceyx erithaca)
Sinosauropteryx, a small dinosaur that lived in what is now northeastern China during the early Cretaceous period
(bird species of China) lowland white-eye (Zosterops meyeni)
(bird species of China) oriental pied hornbill (Anthracoceros albirostris)
(bird species of China) thick-billed flowerpecker (Dicaeum agile)
Archaeoraptor (bird-like dinosaur)
honeyeater (bird of family Meliphagidae)
(bird species of China) great barbet (Psilopogon virens)
(bird species of China) great spotted woodpecker (Dendrocopos major)
(bird species of China) great slaty woodpecker (Mulleripicus pulverulentus)

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