白眼河燕
bái yǎn hé yàn
Pinyin

Definition

白眼河燕
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bái yǎn hé yàn
  1. (bird species of China) white-eyed river martin (Pseudochelidon sirintarae)

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

míng bai
  1. 1 clear
  2. 2 obvious
  3. 3 unequivocal
  4. 4 to understand
  5. 5 to realize
  1. 1 river
  2. 2 CL:條|条[tiáo],道[dào]
Bái
  1. 1 surname Bai
bái tiān
  1. 1 daytime
  2. 2 during the day
  3. 3 day
  4. 4 CL:個|个[gè]
Bái yáng zuò
  1. 1 Aries (constellation and sign of the zodiac)
bái sè
  1. 1 white
  2. 2 fig. reactionary
  3. 3 anti-communist
yǎn
  1. 1 eye
  2. 2 small hole
  3. 3 crux (of a matter)
  4. 4 CL:隻|只[zhī],雙|双[shuāng]
  5. 5 classifier for big hollow things (wells, stoves, pots etc)
yǎn qián
  1. 1 before one's eyes
  2. 2 now
  3. 3 at present
yǎn lèi
  1. 1 tears
  2. 2 crying
  3. 3 CL:滴[dī]
yǎn jing
  1. 1 eye
  2. 2 CL:隻|只[zhī],雙|双[shuāng]
yǎn shén
  1. 1 expression or emotion showing in one's eyes
  2. 2 meaningful glance
  3. 3 wink
  4. 4 eyesight (dialect)
yǎn jìng
  1. 1 spectacles
  2. 2 eyeglasses
  3. 3 CL:副[fù]
hēi yǎn quān
  1. 1 dark circles (under one's eyes)
  2. 2 black eye
yī yǎn
  1. 1 a glance
  2. 2 a quick look
  3. 3 a glimpse
bù qǐ yǎn
  1. 1 unremarkable
  2. 2 nothing out of the ordinary
gān dèng yǎn
  1. 1 to watch helplessly
Yī lì shā bái
  1. 1 Elizabeth (person name)
shǎ yǎn
  1. 1 stunned
  2. 2 struck dumb
  3. 3 flabbergasted
bīng hé
  1. 1 glacier
lěng yǎn
  1. 1 cool eye
  2. 2 fig. detached
  3. 3 (treating) with indifference

Idioms (20)

一把眼泪一把鼻涕
yī bǎ yǎn lèi yī bǎ bí tì
  1. 1 with one's face covered in tears (idiom)
一板一眼
yī bǎn yī yǎn
  1. 1 lit. one strong beat and one weak beats in a measure of music (two beats in the bar) (idiom); fig. follow a prescribed pattern to the letter
  2. 2 scrupulous attention to detail
一板三眼
yī bǎn sān yǎn
  1. 1 lit. one strong beat and three weak beats in a measure of music (four beats in the bar) (idiom); fig. scrupulous attention to detail
一清二白
yī qīng èr bái
  1. 1 perfectly clean
  2. 2 blameless
  3. 3 unimpeachable (idiom)
一眼看穿
yī yǎn kàn chuān
  1. 1 to see through something at first glance (idiom)
一饱眼福
yī bǎo yǎn fú
  1. 1 to feast one's eyes on (idiom)
不分皂白
bù fēn zào bái
  1. 1 not distinguishing black or white (idiom); not to distinguish between right and wrong
不分青红皂白
bù fēn qīng hóng zào bái
  1. 1 not distinguishing red-green or black-white (idiom)
  2. 2 not to distinguish between right and wrong
不到黄河心不死
bù dào Huáng Hé xīn bù sǐ
  1. 1 lit. not to stop until one reaches the Yellow River (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to persevere until one reaches one's goal
  3. 3 to keep going while some hope is left
不问青红皂白
bù wèn qīng hóng zào bái
  1. 1 not distinguishing red-green or black-white (idiom)
  2. 2 not to distinguish between right and wrong
不听老人言,吃亏在眼前
bù tīng lǎo rén yán , chī kuī zài yǎn qián
  1. 1 (idiom) ignore your elders at your peril
仇人相见,分外眼红
chóu rén xiāng jiàn , fèn wài yǎn hóng
  1. 1 when the enemies come face to face, their eyes blaze with hatred (idiom)
以眼还眼
yǐ yǎn huán yǎn
  1. 1 an eye for an eye (idiom); fig. to use the enemy's methods against him
  2. 2 to give sb a taste of his own medicine
以眼还眼,以牙还牙
yǐ yǎn huán yǎn , yǐ yá huán yá
  1. 1 an eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to use the enemy's methods against him
  3. 3 to give sb a taste of his own medicine
来鸿去燕
lái hóng qù yàn
  1. 1 lit. the goose comes, the swallow goes (idiom); fig. always on the move
信口开河
xìn kǒu kāi hé
  1. 1 to speak without thinking (idiom)
  2. 2 to blurt sth out
俨如白昼
yǎn rú bái zhòu
  1. 1 as bright as daylight (idiom)
劳燕分飞
láo yàn fēn fēi
  1. 1 the shrike and the swallow fly in different directions (idiom)
  2. 2 (usually of a couple) to part from each other
口若悬河
kǒu ruò xuán hé
  1. 1 mouth like a torrent (idiom)
  2. 2 eloquent
  3. 3 glib
  4. 4 voluble
  5. 5 have the gift of the gab
合眼摸象
hé yǎn mō xiàng
  1. 1 to touch an elephant with closed eyes (idiom); to proceed blindly

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