sī guāng liáng niǎodictionary entry
DEFINITION CC-CEDICT
(bird species of China) red-billed starling (Spodiopsar sericeus)
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Original source entry:

絲光椋鳥 丝光椋鸟 [si1 guang1 liang2 niao3] /(bird species of China) red-billed starling (Spodiopsar sericeus)/

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Character information

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Other forms in these source records: 絲光椋鳥

  • 丝
    sī

    silk / thread-like thing / (cuisine) shreds or julienne strips / classifier: a trace (of smoke etc), a tiny bit etc

  • 光
    guāng

    light / ray (CL:道[dào]) / bright / shiny / only / merely / used up / finished / to leave (a part of the body) uncovered

  • 椋
    liáng

    used in 椋鳥|椋鸟[liáng niǎo]

  • 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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