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"nest" Chinese-English Dictionary

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Chinese Pinyin Translation
巢穴 cháo xué lair / nest / den / hideout 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
渊薮 淵藪 yuān sǒu (lit.) gathering place of fish or other creatures / (fig.) haunt / lair / nest / den / hotbed
窝巢 窩巢 wō cháo nest syn
巢 cháo nest syn
窠 kē nest syn
筑巢 築巢 zhù cháo to nest / to build a nest
营巢 營巢 yíng cháo to nest
Chinese Pinyin Translation
老本 lǎo běn capital / assets / savings / nest egg / (fig.) reputation / laurels (to rest upon) / old edition of a book / (tree) trunk syn
燕窝 燕窩 yàn wō edible bird's nest
鸟巢 鳥巢 niǎo cháo bird's nest / nickname for Beijing 2008 Olympic stadium syn
魔窟 mó kū lit. nest of devils / place occupied by sinister forces
鸟窝 鳥窩 niǎo wō bird's nest 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)
营私 營私 yíng sī to gain from corrupt dealing / to engage in graft / to feather one's 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
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
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)
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
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
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
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
山苏 山蘇 shān sū bird's nest fern (Asplenium nidus)
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
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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