金絲燕
jīn​sī​yàn

swiftlet

  • created reference approved 金丝燕/金絲燕 → 只/隻 (classifier) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    金丝燕 / 金絲燕 jīn​sī​yàn

    只 / 隻 zhī

    classifier

    Changed: source (simp), source (trad), source pinyin, target (simp), target (trad), target pinyin, type

    created reference

  • created sense approved 金丝燕/金絲燕 · jīn​sī​yàn · swiftlet — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    金丝燕 / 金絲燕

    jīn​sī​yàn

    swiftlet

    a genus of birds that use echolocation and build nests harvested to make bird's nest soup; commonly the species Aerodramus fuciphagus and Aerodramus maximus

    金 (literal) → 金 · jīn · golden 丝 (literal) → 丝/絲 · sī · strand 燕 (literal) → 燕 · yàn · swallow

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

    created sense