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暗绿绣眼鸟

àn lǜ xiù yǎn niǎodictionary entry
DEFINITION CC-CEDICT
(bird species of China) Swinhoe's white-eye (Zosterops simplex)
Sources & editorial notes

Reference definitions: CC-CEDICT contributors and MDBG, CC BY-SA 4.0. Source release 2026-10-27T01:55:52Z. Imported 2026-10-27. Definition wording and meaning order are retained. Recognized pronunciation references are displayed with tone marks; the original source record is available below.

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Original source entry:

暗綠繡眼鳥 暗绿绣眼鸟 [an4 lu:4 xiu4 yan3 niao3] /(bird species of China) Swinhoe's white-eye (Zosterops simplex)/

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Other forms in these source records: 暗綠繡眼鳥

  • 暗
    àn

    dark / to turn dark / secret / hidden / (literary) confused / ignorant / (literary) to close (a door) / to eclipse / confused / ignorant (variant of 暗[àn]) / dark (variant of 暗[àn])

  • 绿
    lù

    used in names

    lǜ

    green / (slang) (derived from 綠帽子|绿帽子[lǜ mào zi]) to cheat on (one's spouse or boyfriend or girlfriend)

  • 绣
    xiù

    to embroider / embroidery

  • 眼
    yǎn

    eye (CL:隻|只[zhī],雙|双[shuāng]) / (often used with 一[yī]) a look / a glance / small hole / (bound form) salient point / classifier for wells, cave-dwellings etc

  • 鸟
    diǎo

    penis

    niǎo

    bird / CL:隻|只[zhī],群[qún] / "bird" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 196) / (dialect) to pay attention to / (intensifier) damned / goddamn

Reference definitions from CC-CEDICT.