乌鸦 (烏鴉)
wū yā
Pinyin

Definition

乌鸦 (烏鴉)
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wū yā
  1. crow
  2. raven

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

涂鸦
tú yā
  1. 1 graffiti
  2. 2 scrawl
  3. 3 poor calligraphy
  4. 4 to write badly
  5. 5 to scribble
乌
Wū
  1. 1 abbr. for Ukraine 烏克蘭|乌克兰[Wū kè lán]
  2. 2 surname Wu
乌托邦
wū tuō bāng
  1. 1 utopia (loanword)
乌云
wū yún
  1. 1 black cloud
乌鲁木齐
Wū lǔ mù qí
  1. 1 Ürümqi or Urumqi prefecture level city and capital of Xinjiang Uighur autonomous region 新疆維吾爾自治區|新疆维吾尔自治区 in west China

Idioms (7)

天下乌鸦一般黑
tiān xià wū yā yī bān hēi
  1. 1 all crows are black (idiom)
  2. 2 evil people are bad all over the world
爱屋及乌
ài wū jí wū
  1. 1 lit. love the house and its crow (idiom); involvement with sb and everyone connected
  2. 2 Love me, love my dog.
东兔西乌
dōng tù xī wū
  1. 1 lit. the sun setting and the moon rising (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. the passage of time
乌七八糟
wū qī bā zāo
  1. 1 everything in disorder (idiom)
  2. 2 in a hideous mess
  3. 3 obscene
  4. 4 dirty
  5. 5 filthy
乌烟瘴气
wū yān zhàng qì
  1. 1 billowing smoke (idiom)
  2. 2 foul atmosphere
  3. 3 (fig.) murky atmosphere
  4. 4 in a turmoil

Sample Sentences

欸，呸呸呸，你这乌鸦嘴，这出的是什么馊主意？
ǎi ，pēi pēi pēi ，nǐ zhè wūyāzuǐ ，zhè chū de shì shénme sōuzhǔyi ？
Bah, you’re such a downer. What kind of BS idea is that?
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你，你个乌鸦嘴，不调侃我会死吗？我这么糟糕，你干嘛选择和我在一起啊？
nǐ ，nǐ gè wūyāzuǐ ，bù tiáokǎn wǒ huì sǐ ma ？wǒ zhème zāogāo ，nǐ gànmá xuǎnzé hé wǒ zàiyīqǐ ā ？
You... you're always so negative as an adviser. Would it kill you not to mock me for once? Given I'm so bad, why'd you choose to be with me?
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乌鸦嘴
wūyāzuǐ
jinx, someone who speaks and brings bad luck (lit. crow‘s lips)
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他也很乌鸦嘴，他就说一个股票会很好，然后那个股票就跌跌跌。
tā yě hěn wūyāzuǐ ，tā jiù shuō yī ge gǔpiào huì hěn hǎo ，ránhòu nà ge gǔpiào jiù diē diē diē 。
He’s also a jinx. As soon as he says a stock will be good, that stock just falls and falls.
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这不是想逗你开心嘛。其实我也不信这些的，不过我奶奶信，像什么“男人嘴大吃四方，女人嘴大吃钱粮，喜鹊报喜，乌鸦报忧等等，差不多对每件事都有她的一套说法。
zhè bù shì xiǎng dòu nǐ kāixīn ma 。qíshí wǒ yě bùxìn zhèxiē de ，bùguò wǒ nǎinai xìn ，xiàng shénme “nánrén zuǐdà chī sìfāng，nǚrén zuǐdà chi ，xǐquè bàoxǐ，wūyā bàoyōu děngděng ，chàbuduō duì měi jiàn shì dōu yǒu tā de yītào shuōfa 。
I'm not just fooling with you. Actually, I don't believe in this stuff, either. But my grandma believes them, stuff like ''A man with big lips will eat a lot, a woman with big lips will spend a lot." ''Magpies report good news, crows report bad." She has something to say about nearly everything that happens.
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最有名的要数爱国者队，是老牌劲旅了。今年小马队、乌鸦队、和牛仔队也都不错。不过总的来说，美国联合会的整体实力比国家联合会强。
zuì yǒumíng de yào shǔ àiguózhě duì ，shì lǎopái jìnlǚ le 。jīnnián xiǎomǎ duì 、wūyā duì 、hé niúzǎi duì yě dōu bùcuò 。bùguò zǒngdeláishuō ，Měiguó liánhéhuì de zhěngtǐ shílì bǐ guójiā liánhéhuì qiáng 。
The most famous has to be the Patriots. They are hardened veterans. This year the Phillies, the Ravens and the Cowboys are also doing well. But on the whole, the NFL is overall stronger than the AFL.
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