huǒ wěi tài yáng niǎodictionary entry
DEFINITION CC-CEDICT
(bird species of China) fire-tailed sunbird (Aethopyga ignicauda)
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Original source entry:

火尾太陽鳥 火尾太阳鸟 [huo3 wei3 tai4 yang2 niao3] /(bird species of China) fire-tailed sunbird (Aethopyga ignicauda)/

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Other forms in these source records: 火尾太陽鳥

  • 火
    huǒ

    fire / urgent / ammunition / fiery or flaming / internal heat (Chinese medicine) / hot (popular) / classifier for military units (old) / Kangxi radical 86

    Huǒ

    surname Huo

  • 尾
    wěi

    tail / remainder / remnant / extremity / sixth of the 28 constellations / classifier for fish

    yǐ

    horse's tail / pointed posterior section of a locust etc

  • 太
    tài

    highest / greatest / too (much) / very / extremely

  • 阳
    yáng

    positive (electric.) / sun / male principle (Taoism) / Yang, opposite: 陰|阴[yīn]

  • 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

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