lǜ hóu tài yáng niǎodictionary entry
DEFINITION CC-CEDICT
(bird species of China) green-tailed sunbird (Aethopyga nipalensis)
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Original source entry:

綠喉太陽鳥 绿喉太阳鸟 [lu:4 hou2 tai4 yang2 niao3] /(bird species of China) green-tailed sunbird (Aethopyga nipalensis)/

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Other forms in these source records: 綠喉太陽鳥

  • 绿
    lù

    used in names

    lǜ

    green / (slang) (derived from 綠帽子|绿帽子[lǜ mào zi]) to cheat on (one's spouse or boyfriend or girlfriend)

  • 喉
    hóu

    throat / larynx

  • 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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