小鸟 小鳥 xiǎo niǎo small bird / young bird (hatchling, nestling, fledgling, chick) / (fig.) penis (kiddie term) / (golf) birdie syn 吞噬 tūn shì to swallow / to engulf / to gobble up syn 燕尾服 yàn wěi fú swallow-tailed coat / tails syn 咽下 嚥下 yàn xià to swallow syn 生吞活剥 生吞活剝 shēng tūn huó bō to swallow whole (idiom) / fig. to apply uncritically syn 燕子 yàn zi swallow syn 忍气吞声 忍氣吞聲 rěn qì tūn shēng to submit to humiliation (idiom) / to suffer in silence / to swallow one's anger / to grin and bear it syn 吞没 吞沒 tūn mò to embezzle / to swallow up / to engulf syn 吞咽 吞嚥 tūn yàn to swallow / to gulp syn 鸟瞰 鳥瞰 niǎo kàn to get a bird's-eye view / bird's-eye view / broad overview syn 侵吞 qīn tūn to annex / to swallow (up) / to embezzle syn 吞服 tūn fú to swallow / to take (medicine) syn 并吞 併吞 bìng tūn to swallow up / to annex / to merge syn 囫囵吞枣 囫圇吞棗 hú lún tūn zǎo to swallow in one gulp (idiom) / (fig.) to accept without thinking / to lap up syn 莺歌燕舞 鶯歌燕舞 yīng gē yàn wǔ the warbler sings and the swallow dances / prosperity abounds (idiom) syn 劳燕分飞 勞燕分飛 láo yàn fēn fēi the shrike and the swallow fly in different directions (idiom) / (usually of a couple) to part from each other syn 鸟 鳥 niǎo bird / CL:隻|只[zhi1],群[qun2] / "bird" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 196) / (dialect) to pay attention to / (intensifier) damned / goddamn syn 吞 tūn to swallow / to take syn 咽 嚥 yàn to swallow syn 饵 餌 ěr pastry / food / to swallow / to lure / bait / lure syn 食古不化 shí gǔ bù huà to swallow ancient learning without digesting it (idiom) / to be pedantic without having a mastery of one's subject syn 银燕 銀燕 yín yàn silver swallow / airplane (affectionate) 吞声 吞聲 tūn shēng to swallow one's cries syn 哙 噲 kuài throat / to swallow syn 关 關 guān 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 syn 老鹰 老鷹 lǎo yīng (coll.) eagle / hawk / any similar bird of prey syn 鸟儿 鳥兒 niǎo r bird syn 打下 dǎ xià to lay (a foundation) / to conquer (a city etc) / to shoot down (a bird etc) syn 竖起 豎起 shù qǐ to erect (a tent etc) / to prick up (one's ears) / to raise (one's eyebrows) / to stick up (one's thumb) / to turn up (one's collar) / (of a bird) to puff up (one's feathers) syn 猛禽 měng qín bird of prey syn 百灵 百靈 bǎi líng lark (bird of family Alaudidae) 罗网 羅網 luó wǎng net / fishing net / bird net syn 落网 落網 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 syn 八哥 bā gē (bird species of China) crested myna (Acridotheres cristatellus) syn 云雀 雲雀 yún què (bird species of China) Eurasian skylark (Alauda arvensis) 夜鹰 夜鷹 yè yīng nightjar (nocturnal bird in the family Caprimulgidae) 秃鹫 禿鷲 tū jiù vulture / (bird species of China) cinereous vulture (Aegypius monachus) syn 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 syn 栖息 棲息 qī xī (of a bird) to perch / (of creatures in general) to inhabit / to dwell syn 禽流感 qín liú gǎn bird flu / avian influenza 鸟巢 鳥巢 niǎo cháo bird's nest / nickname for Beijing 2008 Olympic stadium syn 飞鸟 飛鳥 fēi niǎo bird 网开一面 網開一面 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 syn 鸟窝 鳥窩 niǎo wō bird's nest syn 白鹤 白鶴 bái hè (bird species of China) Siberian crane (Leucogeranus leucogeranus) syn 雏儿 雛兒 chú ér newly hatched bird / fig. inexperienced person / fig. chick (slighting term for young woman) / bimbo syn 合拢 合攏 hé lǒng to close (flower, eyes, suitcase etc) / to bring together / (insect or bird when not flying) to fold (its wings) syn 画眉 畫眉 huà méi to apply makeup to the eyebrows / (bird species of China) Chinese hwamei (Garrulax canorus) syn 候鸟 候鳥 hòu niǎo migratory bird 龙骨 龍骨 lóng gǔ "dragon bones" (fossilized animal bones or teeth, used in TCM) / breastbone (of a bird) / keel (of a ship) syn 燕窝 燕窩 yàn wō edible bird's nest 网罗 網羅 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 syn 禽类 禽類 qín lèi bird species / birds 白鹭 白鷺 bái lù (bird species of China) little egret (Egretta garzetta) syn 啄食 zhuó shí (of a bird) to peck at food 苍鹰 蒼鷹 cāng yīng (bird species of China) Eurasian goshawk (Accipiter gentilis) syn 大鹏 大鵬 dà péng legendary giant bird 禽蛋 qín dàn bird eggs 丹顶鹤 丹頂鶴 dān dǐng hè (bird species of China) red-crowned crane (Grus japonensis) syn 燕雀 yàn què (bird species of China) brambling (Fringilla montifringilla) / (fig.) small fry 鸳鸯 鴛鴦 yuān yāng (bird species of China) mandarin duck (Aix galericulata) / (fig.) affectionate couple / happily married couple syn 拍打 pāi da to pat / to slap / (of a bird) to flap (one's wings) syn 人禽流感 rén qín liú gǎn human avian influenza / human bird flu 喜鹊 喜鵲 xǐ què (bird species of China) Eurasian magpie (Pica pica) syn 鸿雁 鴻雁 hóng yàn (bird species of China) swan goose (Anser cygnoides) syn 吃食 chī shí to eat (of bird or animal) / to feed 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] 九头鸟 九頭鳥 jiǔ tóu niǎo legendary bird with nine heads (old) / cunning or sly person 鲲鹏 鯤鵬 kūn péng kun 鯤|鲲[kun1] and peng 鵬|鹏[Peng2], mythological beasts / peng, a gigantic bird transformed from the kun syn 精卫 精衛 jīng wèi mythological bird, reincarnation of drowned daughter Nüwa 女娃[Nu:3 wa2] of Fiery Emperor 炎帝[Yan2 di4] 鸟雀 鳥雀 niǎo què bird syn 黄雀 黃雀 huáng què (bird species of China) Eurasian siskin (Spinus spinus) 寒鸦 寒鴉 hán yā (bird species of China) western jackdaw / Eurasian jackdaw (Coloeus monedula) syn 雀鸟 雀鳥 què niǎo bird 啁啾 zhōu jiū (bird) twitter / chirp 笨鸟先飞 笨鳥先飛 bèn niǎo xiān fēi lit. the clumsy bird flies early (idiom) / fig. to work hard to compensate for one's limited abilities syn 爪 zhǎo foot of a bird or animal / paw / claws / talons syn 咕 gū (onom.) for the sound of a bird, an empty stomach etc 雕 鵰 diāo bird of prey syn 翁 wēng elderly man / father / father-in-law / neck feathers of a bird (old) syn 雀 qiǎo bird syn 雀 què (bound form) small bird / sparrow / also pr. [qiao3] syn 翅 chì (bound form) wing (of a bird or insect) syn 雏 雛 chú (bound form) chick / young bird syn 牡 mǔ (of a bird, animal or plant) male / key / hills syn 兀鹫 兀鷲 wù jiù vulture / (bird species of China) Eurasian griffon vulture (Gyps fulvus) syn 鸫 鶇 dōng thrush (bird of genus Turdus) 鹏 鵬 péng Peng, large fabulous bird / roc syn 吞云吐雾 吞雲吐霧 tūn yún tǔ wù to swallow clouds and blow out fog (idiom) / to blow cigarette or opium smoke 惊弓之鸟 驚弓之鳥 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 syn 鸾 鸞 luán mythical bird related to phoenix syn 白鹳 白鸛 bái guàn (bird species of China) white stork (Ciconia ciconia) 雉鸡 雉雞 zhì jī (bird species of China) common pheasant (Phasianus colchicus) 渡鸦 渡鴉 dù yā (bird species of China) common raven (Corvus corax) 金翅雀 jīn chì què (bird species of China) grey-capped greenfinch (Chloris sinica) 金丝燕 金絲燕 jīn sī yàn Aerodramus, genus of birds that use echolocation, a subset of the Collocaliini tribe (swiflets), two of whose species – Aerodramus fuciphagus and Aerodramus maximus – build nests harvested to make bird's nest soup 樊笼 樊籠 fán lóng bird cage / (fig.) prison / confinement syn 鸩 鴆 zhèn legendary bird whose feathers can be used as poison / poisonous / to poison sb syn 嗉 膆 sù the crop of a bird 