bān​jiū

turtledove

  • created reference approved 斑鸠/斑鳩 → 鸣鸠/鳴鳩 (synonym) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    斑鸠 / 斑鳩 bān​jiū

    鸣鸠 / 鳴鳩 míng​jiū

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  • created reference approved 斑鸠/斑鳩 → 鹘鸠/鶻鳩 (synonym) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    斑鸠 / 斑鳩 bān​jiū

    鹘鸠 / 鶻鳩 gǔ​jiū

    synonym

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  • created reference approved 斑鸠/斑鳩 → 鹘鸼/鶻鵃 (synonym) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    斑鸠 / 斑鳩 bān​jiū

    鹘鸼 / 鶻鵃 gǔ​zhōu

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  • created sense approved 斑鸠/斑鳩 · bān​jiū · turtledove — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    斑鸠 / 斑鳩

    bān​jiū

    turtledove

    A bird resembling a pigeon, often grayish-brown with spots on the back of its neck; eats seeds and grains.

    斑 (literal) → 斑 · bān · spotted 鸠 (literal) → 鸠/鳩 · jiū · turtledove

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  • created sense approved 斑鸠/斑鳩 · bān​jiū · live-in son-in-law — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    斑鸠 / 斑鳩

    bān​jiū

    live-in son-in-law

    (literary) A man who lives with his wife's family after marriage, a metaphor derived from a classic poem about a dove occupying a magpie's nest.

    斑 (literal) → 斑 · bān · spotted 鸠 (literal) → 鸠/鳩 · jiū · turtledove

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

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