祖先 zǔ xiān ancestors / forebears / (biology) ancestral species / ancient species from which present-day species evolved syn 先锋 先鋒 xiān fēng vanguard / pioneer / avant-garde syn 先驱 先驅 xiān qū to pioneer / pioneer / trailblazer syn 开拓者 開拓者 kāi tuò zhě pioneer syn 拓荒者 tuò huāng zhě pioneer / groundbreaker 先驱者 先驅者 xiān qū zhě pioneer / trailblazer syn 倡导者 倡導者 chàng dǎo zhě proponent / advocate / pioneer syn 首创 首創 shǒu chuàng to originate / to pioneer / to invent syn 奠基人 diàn jī rén founder / pioneer syn 开路先锋 開路先鋒 kāi lù xiān fēng pioneer / trailblazer syn 前驱 前驅 qián qū precursor / pioneer syn 先导 先導 xiān dǎo to lead the way / guide / forerunner / pioneer syn 急先锋 急先鋒 jí xiān fēng daring vanguard / pioneer / leading figure syn 夏衍 xià yǎn Xia Yan (1900-1995), Chinese writer, playwright, socialist critic and movie pioneer 波义耳 波義耳 bō yì ěr Boyle (name) / Robert Boyle (1627-91), British and Irish scientist and pioneer chemist 韦利 韋利 wéi lì Waley or Whaley (name) / Arthur Waley (1889-1966), pioneer British sinologist 奠基者 diàn jī zhě founder / pioneer syn 种 種 zhǒng seed / species / kind / type / classifier for types, kinds, sorts syn 物种 物種 wù zhǒng species syn 种类 種類 zhǒng lèi kind / genus / type / category / variety / species / sort / class syn 古人 gǔ rén people of ancient times / the ancients / extinct human species such as Homo erectus or Homo neanderthalensis / (literary) deceased person syn 雷鸟 雷鳥 léi niǎo capercaillie (Lagopus, several species) / thunderbird (in native American mythology) 达尔文 達爾文 dá ěr wén Charles Darwin (1809-1882), British biologist, author of "On the Origin of Species" 物種起源|物种起源[Wu3zhong3 Qi3yuan2] / Darwin, capital of the Northern Territory (Australia) 绝种 絕種 jué zhǒng extinct (species) / extinction syn 麋鹿 mí lù Père David's deer (Elaphurus davidianus), species of deer native to China that is critically endangered 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) 能人 néng rén capable person / Homo habilis, extinct species of upright East African hominid syn 秃鹫 禿鷲 tū jiù vulture / (bird species of China) cinereous vulture (Aegypius monachus) syn 濒危 瀕危 bīn wēi endangered (species) / in imminent danger / critically ill syn 种群 種群 zhǒng qún population (of a species) / community (of animals or plants) 白鹤 白鶴 bái hè (bird species of China) Siberian crane (Leucogeranus leucogeranus) syn 画眉 畫眉 huà méi to apply makeup to the eyebrows / (bird species of China) Chinese hwamei (Garrulax canorus) 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 树种 樹種 shù zhǒng tree species 油菜 yóu cài oilseed rape (Brassica napus) / rape greens / leafy greens of certain Brassica species / (dialect) bok choy syn 苍鹰 蒼鷹 cāng yīng (bird species of China) Eurasian goshawk (Accipiter gentilis) syn 菌种 菌種 jūn zhǒng (microorganism) species / strain / (fungus and mushroom) spore / spawn syn 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 原产 原產 yuán chǎn original production / native to (of species) 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 古人类 古人類 gǔ rén lèi ancient human species such as Homo erectus and Homo neanderthalensis 陆生 陸生 lù shēng terrestrial (animal, species) 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 凤尾竹 鳳尾竹 fèng wěi zhú fernleaf bamboo (Bambusa multiplex), species of bamboo native to China, suited to hedging and screening 苍术 蒼術 cāng zhú black atractylodes rhizome (dried rhizome of any of several atractylodes species) (TCM) 种畜 種畜 zhǒng chù breeding stock (of animal species) / stud 刀鱼 刀魚 dāo yú tapertail anchovy (Coilia ectenes) / various species of cutlassfish / saury 红珊瑚 紅珊瑚 hóng shān hú red coral / precious coral (Corallium rubrum and several related species of marine coral) 红火蚁 紅火蟻 hóng huǒ yǐ fire ant (Solenopsis invicta), an introduced species in China 薇 wēi Osmunda regalis, a species of fern / Taiwan pr. [wei2] syn 兀鹫 兀鷲 wù jiù vulture / (bird species of China) Eurasian griffon vulture (Gyps fulvus) syn 食蚁兽 食蟻獸 shí yǐ shòu ant-eater (several different species) 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 苍鹭 蒼鷺 cāng lù (bird species of China) grey heron (Ardea cinerea) 斑羚 bān líng Nemorhaedus goral, a species of antelope found in Xinjiang 大天鹅 大天鵝 dà tiān é (bird species of China) whooper swan (Cygnus cygnus) syn 敢为人先 敢為人先 gǎn wéi rén xiān to dare to be first / to pioneer (idiom) syn 小天鹅 小天鵝 xiǎo tiān é (bird species of China) tundra swan (Cygnus columbianus) 品系 品繫 pǐn xì strain (of a species) 绿头鸭 綠頭鴨 lǜ tóu yā (bird species of China) mallard (Anas platyrhynchos) syn 绿孔雀 綠孔雀 lǜ kǒng què (bird species of China) green peafowl (Pavo muticus) 灰鹤 灰鶴 huī hè (bird species of China) common crane (Grus grus) 雪雁 xuě yàn (bird species of China) snow goose (Anser caerulescens) 鹩哥 鷯哥 liáo gē (bird species of China) common hill myna (Gracula religiosa) 吸虫 吸蟲 xī chóng trematoda / fluke / trematode worm, approx 6000 species, mostly parasite, incl. on humans 特有种 特有種 tè yǒu zhǒng endemic species 食肉类 食肉類 shí ròu lèi carnivorous species 五步蛇 wǔ bù shé Deinagkistrodon acutus, a species of venomous pit viper, aka five-pace viper (i.e. can grow to five paces) syn 鹗 鶚 è (bird species of China) osprey (Pandion haliaetus) syn 蓠 蘺 lí red algae / Gracilaria, several species, some edible / Japanese ogonori / arch. used for vanilla-like herb 鸴 鷽 xué various species of finch (old) 鳠 鱯 hù a species of freshwater catfish 莙 jūn species of water plant 突击轻工兵排 突擊輕工兵排 assault pioneer platoon / pioneer assault platoon 先驱投资者区域 先驅投資者區域 pioneer investor area / pioneer area 外来种 外來種 introduced species / naturalized species / exotic species 引进种 引進種 introduced species / naturalized species / exotic species 赵忠尧 趙忠堯 zhào zhōng yáo Zhao Zhongyao (1902-1998), Chinese pioneer nuclear physicist 叁浦·梅园 三浦·梅園 SanpuMeiyuan MIURA Baien (1723-1789), Japanese neo-Confucian philosopher and pioneer economist, author of The Origin of value 價原|价原 卡文迪什 kǎ wén dí shí Cavendish (name) / Henry Cavendish (1731-1810), English nobleman and pioneer experimental scientist 和达·清夫 和達·清夫 HedaQingfu Wadati Kiyoō (1902-1995), pioneer Japanese seismologist 挑头 挑頭 tiǎo tóu to take the lead / to be first to (do sth) / to pioneer 提倡者 tí chàng zhě proponent / advocate / pioneer 曾孝谷 zēng xiào gǔ Zeng Xiaogu (1873-1937), actor and pioneer of Chinese drama in New Culture style 曾纪泽 曾紀澤 zēng jì zé Cang Jize or Tseng Chi-tse (1839-1890), pioneer diplomat of late Qing, serve as imperial commissioner (ambassador) to UK, France and Russia 本茨 běn cí Benz (name) / Karl Benz (1844-1929), motor car pioneer 穆通 mù tōng Mouton (name) / Gabriel Mouton (1618-1694), French clergyman and scientist, pioneer of the metric system 邵飄萍 shào piāo píng Shao Piaoping (1884-1926), pioneer of journalism and founder of newspaper Beijing Press 京報|京报, executed in 1926 by warlord Zhang Zuolin 張作霖|张作霖 