"sparrow" Chinese-English Dictionary
| Chinese | Pinyin | Translation | Actions |
|---|---|---|---|
| 麻雀 | sparrow / (dialect) mahjong | syn | |
| 雀 | (bound form) small bird / sparrow / also pr. [qiao3] | syn | |
| 雟 | sparrow / revolve / place name | ||
| 家雀儿 家雀兒 | (coll.) sparrow | ||
| 老家贼 老家賊 | (dialect) sparrow |
| Chinese | Pinyin | Translation | Actions |
|---|---|---|---|
| 鹞 鷂 | sparrow hawk / Accipiter nisus | syn | |
| 鹯 鸇 | sparrow hawk / swift | ||
| 鸇 | sparrow hawk / swift | ||
| 燕雀安知鸿鹄之志 燕雀安知鴻鵠之志 | lit. can the sparrow and swallow know the will of the great swan? (idiom) / fig. how can we small fry predict the ambitions of the great? | ||
| 燕雀相贺 燕雀相賀 | lit. sparrow and swallow's congratulation (idiom) / fig. to congratulate sb on completion of a building project / congratulations on your new house! | ||
| 燕雀乌鹊 燕雀烏鵲 | lit. sparrow and swallow, crow and magpie / fig. any Tom, Dick or Harry / a bunch of nobodies | ||
| 燕雀焉知鸿鹄之志 燕雀焉知鴻鵠之志 | lit. can the sparrow and swallow know the will of the great swan? (idiom) / fig. how can we small fry predict the ambitions of the great? | ||
| 解剖麻雀 | to dissect a sparrow / (fig.) to examine a typical case as the basis for making a generalization | ||
| 麻雀虽小，五脏俱全 麻雀雖小，五臟俱全 | the sparrow may be small but all its vital organs are there (idiom) / small but complete in every detail | ||
| 家麻雀 | (bird species of China) house sparrow (Passer domesticus) | ||
| 艾条雀啄灸 艾條雀啄灸 | "sparrow pecking" moxibustion technique (TCM) | ||
| 打麻雀运动 打麻雀運動 | the Great Sparrow Campaign or the Four Pests Campaign, one of the actions during the Great Leap Forward 大躍進|大跃进[Da4 yue4 jin4] aiming to eliminate four pests: rats, flies, mosquitoes, and sparrows | ||
| 山麻雀 | (bird species of China) russet sparrow (Passer cinnamomeus) | ||
| 树麻雀 樹麻雀 | (bird species of China) Eurasian tree sparrow (Passer montanus) | ||
| 爪哇禾雀 | (bird species of China) Java sparrow (Lonchura oryzivora) | ||
| 石雀 | (bird species of China) rock sparrow (Petronia petronia) | ||
| 黑胸麻雀 | (bird species of China) Spanish sparrow (Passer hispaniolensis) | ||
| 黑顶麻雀 黑頂麻雀 | (bird species of China) saxaul sparrow (Passer ammodendri) |