A small bird similar to a chick with reddish-brown feathers and a short tail; known for its meat and eggs.

Used to describe clothes that are ragged and worn out, resembling a quail's tattered tail or fabric that has been patched many times.

A game or sport where two quails are made to fight each other until one wins.

(literary) clothing that is extremely ragged and tattered, as if covered with a hundred knots; describes clothing that is worn-out and full of patches

a bird species of China (Tetraophasis szechenyii)

(literary) ragged or tattered clothes that are patched many times; describes clothing so worn and torn that it resembles the patchy, short tail feathers of a quail

dressed in rags; patched clothing that hangs like the short tail of a quail

A bird species found in East Asia, specifically the Daurian partridge (Perdix dauurica)

(bird species of China) Japanese quail; Coturnix japonica

(bird species of China) the common buttonquail (Turnix sylvaticus)

barred buttonquail (Turnix suscitator), a species of bird native to south and southeast Asia

a species of bird, specifically the grey partridge (Perdix perdix)

king quail; blue-breasted quail (Synoicus chinensis)

(bird species of China) common quail (Coturnix coturnix)

(bird species of China) chestnut-throated monal-partridge (Tetraophasis obscurus)

a bird species native to high-altitude areas of the Himalayas and China; specifically the species Lerwa lerwa

a bird species of China, Perdix hodgsoniae

a type of traditional Chinese dumpling or wonton stuffed with quail meat

a type of wonton from ancient times made in a shape similar to that of a quail

(idiom) to live like a quail without a permanent nest; to have no fixed residence

ragged and patched clothing; shabbiness; often used to describe the worn clothes of a poor traveler or scholar

(literary) ragged or worn-out clothing patched many times; named for the short, uneven feathers of a quail's tail which resemble patches.

a bird species of China (Turnix tanki)