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布谷鸟

bù gǔ niǎodictionary entry
DEFINITION CC-CEDICT
cuckoo (Cercococcyx spp.) / same as 杜鵑鳥|杜鹃鸟[dù juān niǎo]
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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.

Source record: cd-bc73489ad661924d. Source SHA-256: bbc4b27f26bee1a262f4d7939667a040c7857c7fc0200a2fa7a86d3352a09eae.

Original source entry:

布谷鳥 布谷鸟 [bu4 gu3 niao3] /cuckoo (Cercococcyx spp.)/same as 杜鵑鳥|杜鹃鸟[du4 juan1 niao3]/

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Other forms in these source records: 布谷鳥

  • 布
    bù

    to announce / to spread / cloth / to declare / to make known

  • 谷
    gǔ

    grain / corn / valley

    Gǔ

    surname Gu

  • 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.