候鸟 (候鳥)
hòu niǎo
Pinyin

Definition

候鸟 (候鳥)
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hòu niǎo
  1. migratory bird

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

shí hou
  1. 1 time
  2. 2 length of time
  3. 3 moment
  4. 4 period
cì hòu
  1. 1 to serve
  2. 2 to wait upon
wèn hòu
  1. 1 to give one's respects
  2. 2 to send a greeting
  3. 3 (fig.) (coll.) to make offensive reference to (somebody dear to the person to whom one is speaking)
shǒu hòu
  1. 1 to wait for
  2. 2 to expect
  3. 3 to keep watch
  4. 4 to watch over
  5. 5 to nurse
xiǎo shí hou
  1. 1 in one's childhood

Idioms (2)

不到火候不揭锅
bù dào huǒ hòu bù jiē guō
  1. 1 don't act until the time is ripe (idiom)
过时不候
guò shí bù hòu
  1. 1 being late is not acceptable (idiom)