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毛腿沙鸡

máo tuǐ shā jīdictionary entry
DEFINITION CC-CEDICT
(bird species of China) Pallas's sandgrouse (Syrrhaptes paradoxus)
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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:

毛腿沙雞 毛腿沙鸡 [mao2 tui3 sha1 ji1] /(bird species of China) Pallas's sandgrouse (Syrrhaptes paradoxus)/

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Other forms in these source records: 毛腿沙雞

  • 毛
    máo

    hair / feather / down / wool / mildew / mold / coarse or semifinished / young / raw / careless / unthinking / nervous / scared / (of currency) to devalue or depreciate / classifier for Chinese fractional monetary unit ( = 角[jiǎo] , = one-tenth of a yuan or 10 fen 分[fēn])

    Máo

    surname Mao

  • 腿
    tuǐ

    leg / CL:條|条[tiáo] / hip bone

  • 沙
    shā

    granule / hoarse / raspy / sand / powder / CL:粒[lì] / abbr. for Tsar or Tsarist Russia

    shà

    (dialect) to sift / to sieve

    Shā

    surname Sha

  • 鸡
    jī

    fowl / chicken / CL:隻|只[zhī] / (slang) prostitute

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