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"edible bird's nest" Chinese-English Dictionary

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Chinese Pinyin Translation
燕窝 燕窩 yàn wō edible bird's nest
Chinese Pinyin Translation
筑巢 築巢 zhù cháo to nest / to build a nest
鸟巢 鳥巢 niǎo cháo bird's nest / nickname for Beijing 2008 Olympic stadium syn
鸟窝 鳥窩 niǎo wō bird's nest syn
良禽择木 良禽擇木 liáng qín zé mù a fine bird chooses a tree to nest in (proverb) / fig. a talented person chooses a patron of integrity
良禽择木而栖 良禽擇木而棲 liáng qín zé mù ér qī a fine bird chooses a tree to nest in (proverb) / fig. a talented person chooses a patron of integrity
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
山苏 山蘇 shān sū bird's nest fern (Asplenium nidus)
巢穴 cháo xué lair / nest / den / hideout syn
魔窟 mó kū lit. nest of devils / place occupied by sinister forces
老本 lǎo běn capital / assets / savings / nest egg / (fig.) reputation / laurels (to rest upon) / old edition of a book / (tree) trunk syn
空巢 kōng cháo empty nest / a home where the kids have grown up and moved out
倾巢 傾巢 qīng cháo lit. the whole nest came out (to fight us) / a turnout in full force (of a gang of villains)
渊薮 淵藪 yuān sǒu (lit.) gathering place of fish or other creatures / (fig.) haunt / lair / nest / den / hotbed
营私 營私 yíng sī to gain from corrupt dealing / to engage in graft / to feather one's nest syn
窝巢 窩巢 wō cháo nest syn
窝 窩 wō nest / pit or hollow on the human body / lair / den / place / to harbor or shelter / to hold in check / to bend / classifier for litters and broods syn
巢 cháo nest syn
窠 kē nest syn
倾巢而出 傾巢而出 qīng cháo ér chū the whole nest came out (idiom) / to turn out in full strength
生财有道 生財有道 shēng cái yǒu dào lit. there are principles behind making money (idiom) / fig. to have a knack for good business / knowing how to accumulate wealth / good at feathering one's own nest syn
覆巢无完卵 覆巢無完卵 fù cháo wú wán luǎn lit. when the nest overturns no egg remains intact / no member escapes unscathed from a family disaster (idiom)
捅马蜂窝 捅馬蜂窩 tǒng mǎ fēng wō (fig.) to stir up a hornet's nest
沱茶 tuó chá a cake of tea, commonly Pu'er tea 普洱茶[Pu3 er3 cha2], compacted into a bowl or nest shape / dome shaped tea-brick / caked tea
营巢 營巢 yíng cháo to nest
香巢 xiāng cháo a love nest / a place of secret cohabitation (also derogatory)
覆巢之下无完卵 覆巢之下無完卵 fù cháo zhī xià wú wán luǎn lit. when the nest is upset no egg is left intact (idiom) / fig. when one falls in disgrace the whole family is doomed
燕子衔泥垒大窝 燕子銜泥壘大窩 yàn zi xián ní lěi dà wō the swallow's nest is built one beakful of mud at a time (idiom) / many a little makes a mickle
鹊巢鸠占 鵲巢鳩占 què cháo jiū zhàn the magpie made a nest, the turtledove dwells in it (idiom) / to reap where one has not sown syn
爱巢 愛巢 ài cháo love nest
蚂蚁包 螞蟻包 mǎ yǐ bāo ant bite (swollen, itchy bump) / anthill / ant mound / (metonym) ant nest
蚂蚁窝 螞蟻窩 mǎ yǐ wō ant nest
螟蛉 míng líng green rice caterpillar or similar insect larva / adopted son (Etymology: Wasps of a particular species take caterpillars to their nest as food for their offspring, but it was mistakenly believed that the wasps were raising the caterpillars as their own young.) syn
蚁巢 蟻巢 yǐ cháo ant nest
蚁穴 蟻穴 yǐ xué ant nest
蚁窝 蟻窩 yǐ wō ant nest
食用 shí yòng to eat / to consume / edible
香菇 xiāng gū shiitake (Lentinus edodes), an edible mushroom syn
食盐 食鹽 shí yán edible salt syn
木耳 mù ěr wood ear / jelly ear (edible fungus) / CL:朵[duo3] syn
紫菜 zǐ cài edible seaweed of genus Porphyra or genus Pyropia, esp. one used to make dried sheets of nori
黑木耳 hēi mù ěr Auricularia auricula-judae, an edible fungus syn
可吃 kě chī edible
黄花菜 黃花菜 huáng huā cài citron daylily (Hemerocallis citrina Baroni) / golden needles (its edible flower) syn
松茸 sōng róng matsutake (Tricholoma matsutake), edible mushroom considered a great delicacy in Japan
田鸡 田雞 tián jī frog / the Chinese edible frog (Hoplobatrachus rugulosus) syn
可食 kě shí edible
海蜇 hǎi zhé Rhopilema esculenta, an edible jellyfish syn
蕨菜 jué cài fiddlehead / edible fern fronds
茭白 jiāo bái Manchurian wild rice 菰[gu1], aka water bamboo, or its edible stem, which resembles a bamboo shoot syn
发菜 髮菜 fà cài long thread moss (Nostoc flagelliforme), an edible algae / also called faat choy or hair moss
鸡腿菇 雞腿菇 jī tuǐ gū shaggy ink cap (edible mushroom) / Coprinus comatus
莼菜 蓴菜 chún cài water shield (Brasenia schreberi), an edible water plant
裙带菜 裙帶菜 qún dài cài wakame (Undaria pinnatifida), an edible seaweed
菰 gū Manchurian wild rice (Zizania latifolia), now rare in the wild, formerly harvested for its grain, now mainly cultivated for its edible stem known as 茭白筍|茭白笋[jiao1bai2sun3], which is swollen by a smut fungus / (variant of 菇[gu1]) mushroom syn
芴 wù fluorene C13H10 / (old) name of an edible wild plant
蓠 蘺 lí red algae / Gracilaria, several species, some edible / Japanese ogonori / arch. used for vanilla-like herb
鳖裙 鱉裙 biē qún the edible gelatinous fringe of a softshell turtle's carapace
块菌 塊菌 kuài jūn truffle (edible root fungus)
择菜 擇菜 zhái cài to pick the edible part of vegetables
松口蘑 sōng kǒu mó matsutake (Tricholoma matsutake), edible mushroom considered a great delicacy in Japan
松菌 sōng jùn matsutake (Tricholoma matsutake), edible mushroom considered a great delicacy in Japan
松蘑 sōng mó matsutake (Tricholoma matsutake), edible mushroom considered a great delicacy in Japan
江蓠 江蘺 jiāng lí red algae / Gracilaria, several species, some edible / Japanese ogonori
紫菜属 紫菜屬 zǐ cài shǔ Porphyra (genus of edible seaweed)
豆薯 dòu shǔ yam bean (Pachyrhizus erosus), a vine with sweet edible root syn
香蕈 xiāng xùn shiitake (Lentinus edodes), an edible mushroom syn
宝塔菜 寶塔菜 bǎo tǎ cài Chinese artichoke (Stachys affinis), perennial plant with an edible rhizome syn
蒲菜 pú cài edible rhizome of cattail 香蒲[xiang1 pu2]
打瓜 dǎ guā a smaller variety of watermelon, with big, edible seeds
食菌 shí jùn edible mushroom
灰菜 huī cài fat hen (Chenopodium album), edible annual plant
美人腿 měi rén tuǐ (Tw) (coll.) edible stem of Manchurian wild rice 菰[gu1], aka water bamboo
茭白笋 茭白筍 jiāo bái sǔn edible stem of Manchurian wild rice 菰[gu1], aka water bamboo
菱角 líng jiao water caltrop (Trapa species), aquatic plant with edible seeds syn
折耳根 zhé ěr gēn chameleon plant / fish mint (Houttuynia cordata), esp. its edible rhizome
白菜型油菜 bái cài xíng yóu cài a type of rapeseed (Brassica rapa) cultivated for its edible leaves (including varieties like bok choy and choy sum), as well as for oil production and green manure
裙边 裙邊 qún biān the edible gelatinous fringe of a softshell turtle's carapace
鳖边 鱉邊 biē biān (dialect) the edible gelatinous fringe of a softshell turtle's carapace
凤梨释迦 鳳梨釋迦 fèng lí shì jiā atemoya, hybrid of the cherimoya (Annona cherimola) and the sugar apple (Annona squamosa): a tree grown in tropical regions of the Americas and in Taiwan for its edible fruit
小鸟 小鳥 xiǎo niǎo small bird / young bird (hatchling, nestling, fledgling, chick) / (fig.) penis (kiddie term) / (golf) birdie syn
鸟瞰 鳥瞰 niǎo kàn to get a bird's-eye view / bird's-eye view / broad overview 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
恐鸟 恐鳥 kǒng niǎo monstrous bird / moa (genus Dinornithidae, extinct bird of New Zealand)
情急了 qíng jí liǎo mythical talking bird / mynah bird
秦吉了 qín jí liǎo mythical talking bird / mynah bird
迷鸟 迷鳥 mí niǎo vagrant bird (a migrating bird which has lost its way) / a vagrant
控深鸟 控深鳥 kòng shēn niǎo depth control bird / depth controller / bird / depressor
深度控制器 shēn duó kòng zhì qì depth control bird / depth controller / bird / depressor
禽流感 qín liú gǎn bird flu / avian influenza
打下 dǎ xià to lay (a foundation) / to conquer (a city etc) / to shoot down (a bird etc) syn
鸳鸯 鴛鴦 yuān yāng (bird species of China) mandarin duck (Aix galericulata) / (fig.) affectionate couple / happily married couple syn
飞鸟 飛鳥 fēi niǎo bird
鸟儿 鳥兒 niǎo r bird 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
拍打 pāi da to pat / to slap / (of a bird) to flap (one's wings) syn
百灵 百靈 bǎi líng lark (bird of family Alaudidae)
栖息 棲息 qī xī (of a bird) to perch / (of creatures in general) to inhabit / to dwell 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
老鹰 老鷹 lǎo yīng (coll.) eagle / hawk / any similar bird of prey syn
The four tones The four tones of Mandarin Pitch over time: tone 1 high and level (red), tone 2 rising (orange), tone 3 falling then rising (green), tone 4 falling (blue). tone 1 tone 2 tone 3 tone 4 Time Pitch

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