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斑文鸟

bān wén niǎodictionary entry
DEFINITION CC-CEDICT
(bird species of China) scaly-breasted munia (Lonchura punctulata)
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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-fadc246a22bd23ba. Source SHA-256: bbc4b27f26bee1a262f4d7939667a040c7857c7fc0200a2fa7a86d3352a09eae.

Original source entry:

斑文鳥 斑文鸟 [ban1 wen2 niao3] /(bird species of China) scaly-breasted munia (Lonchura punctulata)/

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Other forms in these source records: 斑文鳥

  • 斑
    bān

    spot / colored patch / stripe / spotted / striped / variegated

  • 文
    wén

    language / culture / writing / formal / literary / gentle / (old) classifier for coins / Kangxi radical 67

    Wén

    surname Wen

  • 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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