飞禽走兽 飛禽走獸 fēi qín zǒu shòu birds and animals / the beasts of the field and the birds of the air syn 沉鱼落雁 沉魚落雁 chén yú luò yàn lit. fish sink, goose alights (idiom, from Zhuangzi 莊子|庄子[Zhuang1 zi3]) / fig. female beauty captivating even the birds and beasts syn 鸟兽散 鳥獸散 niǎo shòu sàn to scatter like birds and beasts 如鸟兽散 如鳥獸散 rú niǎo shòu sàn lit. to scatter like birds and beasts (idiom) / fig. to flee in all directions syn 作鸟兽散 作鳥獸散 zuò niǎo shòu sàn lit. scatter like birds and beasts (idiom) / fig. to head off in various directions / to flee helter-skelter syn 禽 qín (bound form) birds / fowl / (literary) birds and animals / old variant of 擒[qin2] syn 牛马 牛馬 niú mǎ oxen and horses / beasts of burden / (fig.) drudge / laborer 洪水猛兽 洪水猛獸 hóng shuǐ měng shòu lit. severe floods and fierce beasts (idiom) / fig. great scourges / extremely dangerous or threatening things syn 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 狼奔豕突 láng bēn shǐ tū the wolf runs and the wild boar rushes (idiom) / crowds of evil-doers mill around like wild beasts syn 咆哮 páo xiào (of beasts of prey, torrents of water, a person in a rage etc) to roar syn 率兽食人 率獸食人 shuài shòu shí rén lit. to lead beasts to eat the people (idiom) / fig. tyrannical government oppresses the people 役使动物 役使動物 yì shǐ dòng wù draft animals / beasts of burden 虎毒不食子 hǔ dú bù shí zǐ a tiger, though cruel, will not devour its cubs (idiom) / even wild beasts look after their young 狼虫虎豹 狼蟲虎豹 láng - chóng - hǔ - bào (idiom) ferocious beasts 鸳鸯蝴蝶 鴛鴦蝴蝶 yuān yang hú dié Mandarin ducks and butterfly (i.e. love birds) / derogatory reference to populist and romantic writing around 1900 鸳鸯蝴蝶派 鴛鴦蝴蝶派 yuān yang hú dié pài Mandarin ducks and butterfly (i.e. love birds) literary school around 1900, criticized as populist and romantic by socialist realists 鸟不拉屎，鸡不生蛋 鳥不拉屎，雞不生蛋 niǎo bù lā shǐ , jī bù shēng dàn lit. (a place where) birds don't defecate and hens don't lay eggs (idiom) / fig. god-forsaken / remote and desolate 鸟不生蛋，狗不拉屎 鳥不生蛋，狗不拉屎 niǎo bù shēng dàn , gǒu bù lā shǐ lit. (a place where) birds don't lay eggs and dogs don't defecate (idiom) / fig. god-forsaken / remote and desolate 禽兽 禽獸 qín shòu birds and animals / creature / beast (brutal person) syn 花鸟 花鳥 huā niǎo painting of birds and flowers 野味 yě wèi game / wild animals and birds hunted for food or sport 只 隻 zhī classifier for birds and certain animals, one of a pair, some utensils, vessels etc syn 比翼双飞 比翼雙飛 bǐ yì shuāng fēi lit. a pair of birds flying close together (idiom) / fig. two hearts beating as one / name of a sweet and sour chicken wing dish syn 鸣 鳴 míng to cry (of birds, animals and insects) / to make a sound / to voice (one's gratitude, grievance etc) syn 啸 嘯 xiào (of people) to whistle / (of birds and animals) to screech / to howl / to roar syn 珍禽奇兽 珍禽奇獸 zhēn qín qí shòu rare animals and birds 罗雀掘鼠 羅雀掘鼠 luó què jué shǔ lit. to net birds and dig for rats (idiom) / fig. hard pressed for cash / on the verge of bankruptcy 佛法僧目 fó fǎ sēng mù Coraciiformes, class of birds including kingfishers and hornbills 恐龙总目 恐龍總目 kǒng lóng zǒng mù Dinosauria, superorder within class Sauropsida containing dinosaurs and birds 飞征 飛征 fēi zhēng (archaic) birds and animals 鸟虫书 鳥蟲書 niǎo chóng shū bird writing, a calligraphic style based on seal script 篆書|篆书[zhuan4 shu1], but with characters decorated as birds and insects 鹍鹏 鵾鵬 kūn péng kun and peng, large mythological birds 鸟类狩猎和保护比荷卢公约 鳥類狩獵和保護比荷盧公約 Benelux Convention on the Hunting and Protection of Birds 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 啁哳 zhāo zhā (literary) (onom.) combined twittering and chirping of many birds 飞禽走兽 飛禽走獸 fēi qín - zǒu shòu (idiom) birds and animals syn 幽明 yōu míng the hidden and the visible / that which can be seen and that which cannot / darkness and light / night and day / wisdom and ignorance / evil and good / the living and the dead / men and ghosts 幽明 yōu - míng the hidden and the visible / that which can be seen and that which cannot / darkness and light / night and day / wisdom and ignorance / evil and good / the living and the dead / men and ghosts 鸽子 鴿子 gē zi pigeon / dove / various birds of the family Columbidae syn 鸟类 鳥類 niǎo lèi birds syn 呢喃 ní nán (onom.) twittering of birds / whispering / murmuring 禽类 禽類 qín lèi bird species / birds 鸣叫 鳴叫 míng jiào to emit a sound / (of birds, insects etc) to chirp, hoot etc / (of a siren, steam whistle etc) to sound syn 一举两得 一舉兩得 yī jǔ liǎng dé one move, two gains (idiom) / two birds with one stone syn 飞散 飛散 fēi sàn (of smoke) to disperse / to dissipate / (of birds) to fly away in all directions 一箭双雕 一箭雙鵰 yī jiàn shuāng diāo lit. one arrow, two golden eagles (idiom) / to kill two birds with one stone syn 飞禽 飛禽 fēi qín birds syn 禽鸟 禽鳥 qín niǎo birds / fowl 臭味相投 chòu wèi xiāng tóu to share vile habits / partners in notoriety / birds of a feather syn 早课 早課 zǎo kè matins / morning service (in the Catholic Church) / morning chorus (of birds) 鸟尽弓藏 鳥盡弓藏 niǎo jìn gōng cáng lit. the birds are over, the bow is put away (idiom) / fig. to get rid of sb once he has served his purpose syn 换毛 換毛 huàn máo to molt (of birds) / to change feathers 距 jù to be at a distance of ... from / to be apart from / (bound form) distance / spur (on the leg of certain birds: gamecock, pheasant etc) syn 栖 棲 qī to perch / to rest (of birds) / to dwell / to live / to stay syn 嘤 嚶 yīng calling of birds 啭 囀 zhuàn to sing (of birds or insects) / to warble / to chirp / to twitter syn 啁 zhōu twittering of birds 磔 zhé old term for the right-falling stroke in Chinese characters (e.g. the last stroke of 大[da4]), now called 捺[na4] / sound made by birds (onom.) / (literary) to dismember (form of punishment) / to spread syn 罟 gǔ to implicate / net for birds or fish syn 鹎 鵯 bēi the Pycnonotidae or bulbul family of birds 翯 hè glistening plumage of birds 胑 zhī wings of birds / legs of animals 物以类聚 物以類聚 wù yǐ lèi jù similar things come together (idiom) / like draws like / Birds of a feather flock together. 百鸟朝凤 百鳥朝鳳 bǎi niǎo cháo fèng lit. all birds paying looking up to the phoenix / fig. peace under a wise ruler 一石二鸟 一石二鳥 yī shí èr niǎo to kill two birds with one stone (idiom) 罦 fú net for catching birds 哢 lòng to sing or chirp (of birds) / music sound 喿 sào chirping of birds 嗉囊 sù náng crop (anatomy of birds, gastropods etc) 唧啾 jī jiū (onom.) babble / twittering of birds 嘲哳 zhāo zhā (onom.) clamorous noise made by numerous people talking or singing, or by musical instruments, or birds twittering 在天愿做比翼鸟，在地愿做连理枝 在天願做比翼鳥，在地願做連理枝 zài tiān yuàn zuò bǐ yì niǎo , zài dì yuàn zuò lián lǐ zhī In the sky to be two birds flying wing to wing, on earth to be two trees with branches intertwined / wishing for conjugal bliss 打鸟 打鳥 dǎ niǎo to shoot a bird (with a gun, slingshot etc) / to photograph birds 物以类聚，人以群分 物以類聚，人以群分 wù yǐ lèi jù , rén yǐ qún fēn Similar things group together, similar people fit together (idiom) / Birds of a feather flock together. 祖鸟 祖鳥 zǔ niǎo dinosaur ancestor of birds 祖鸟类 祖鳥類 zǔ niǎo lèi dinosaur ancestors of birds 秋毫 qiū háo fine hair grown by animals (or down grown by birds) in the fall / (fig.) sth barely discernible / the slightest thing / the minutest detail syn 粪道 糞道 fèn dào coprodeum (in birds) 脱羽 脫羽 tuō yǔ to shed feathers / to molt (of birds) 蛇岛蝮 蛇島蝮 shé dǎo fù Snake island viper (Gloydius shedaoensis), feeding on migrating birds 走禽 zǒu qín Ratitae (formerly Cursores) flightless birds such as ostriches 迁飞 遷飛 qiān fēi to migrate (of birds) 雀形目 què xíng mù order Passeriformes (perching birds) 鱼鹰 魚鷹 yú yīng name used for many fishing birds / cormorant / osprey syn 鸟类学 鳥類學 niǎo lèi xué ornithology / study of birds 鹃形目 鵑形目 juān xíng mù Cuculiformes, order of birds including cuckoo 鹣鹣 鶼鶼 jiān jiān lit. a pair of mythical birds who depend on each other / fig. an inseparable couple 黑眉蝮蛇 hēi méi fù shé Snake island viper (Gloydius shedaoensis), feeding on migrating birds 鸟类的油污染 鳥類的油汙染 oiling of birds 国际鸟类保护公约 國際鳥類保護公約 International Convention for the Protection of Birds 南飞过冬 南飛過冬 nán fēi guò dōng (of birds) to migrate south for the winter 人为财死，鸟为食亡 人為財死，鳥為食亡 rén wèi cái sǐ , niǎo wèi shí wáng 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 啼啭 啼囀 tí zhuàn to call sweetly (of birds) 砂囊 shā náng gizzard (anatomy of birds, gastropods etc) 羽族 yǔ zú birds 网罟 網罟 wǎng gǔ net used to catch fish (or birds etc) / (fig.) the net of justice 法網|法网[fa3wang3] 一路货色 一路貨色 yī lù huò sè (pejorative) as detestable as each other / birds of a feather / cut from the same cloth 一路货色 一路貨色 yī lù - huò sè (idiom) (pejorative) as detestable as each other / birds of a feather / cut from the same cloth 