pǔ tōng qiū shā yādictionary entry
DEFINITION CC-CEDICT
(bird species of China) common merganser (Mergus merganser)
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Original source entry:

普通秋沙鴨 普通秋沙鸭 [pu3 tong1 qiu1 sha1 ya1] /(bird species of China) common merganser (Mergus merganser)/

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Other forms in these source records: 普通秋沙鴨

  • 普
    pǔ

    general / popular / everywhere / universal

  • 通
    tōng

    to go through / to know well / (suffix) expert / to connect / to communicate / open / to clear / classifier for letters, telegrams, phone calls etc

    tòng

    classifier for an activity, taken in its entirety (tirade of abuse, stint of music playing, bout of drinking etc)

  • 秋
    qiū

    autumn / fall / harvest time / used in 鞦韆|秋千[qiū qiān]

    Qiū

    surname Qiu

  • 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

  • 鸭
    yā

    duck (CL:隻|只[zhī]) / (slang) male prostitute

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