北短翅莺
běi duǎn chì yīng
Pinyin

Definition

北短翅莺
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běi duǎn chì yīng
  1. (bird species of China) Baikal bush warbler (Locustella davidi)

Related Words (20)

北
běi
  1. 1 north
  2. 2 (classical) to be defeated
北京
Běi jīng
  1. 1 Beijing, capital of People's Republic of China
  2. 2 Peking
  3. 3 PRC government
短
duǎn
  1. 1 short
  2. 2 brief
  3. 3 to lack
  4. 4 weak point
  5. 5 fault
短信
duǎn xìn
  1. 1 text message
  2. 2 SMS
北上
běi shàng
  1. 1 to go up north
北京人
Běi jīng rén
  1. 1 Beijing resident
  2. 2 Peking ape-man, Homo erectus pekinensis (c. 600,000 BC), discovered in 1921 at Zhoukoudian 周口店[Zhōu kǒu diàn], Beijing
北京市
Běi jīng Shì
  1. 1 Beijing
  2. 2 capital of People's Republic of China
  3. 3 one of the four municipalities 直轄市|直辖市[zhí xiá shì]
北国
běi guó
  1. 1 the northern part of the country
  2. 2 the North
北大
Běi Dà
  1. 1 Peking University (abbr. for 北京大學|北京大学)
北平
Běi píng
  1. 1 Peiping or Beiping (name of Beijing at different periods, esp. 1928-1949)
北爱
Běi Ài
  1. 1 abbr. for 北愛爾蘭|北爱尔兰[Běi Ài ěr lán], Northern Ireland
北斗
Běi dǒu
  1. 1 Great Bear
  2. 2 Big Dipper
  3. 3 Peitou town in Changhua county 彰化縣|彰化县[Zhāng huà xiàn], Taiwan
北方
běi fāng
  1. 1 north
  2. 2 the northern part a country
  3. 3 China north of the Yellow River
北极
běi jí
  1. 1 the North Pole
  2. 2 the Arctic Pole
  3. 3 the north magnetic pole
北极熊
běi jí xióng
  1. 1 polar bear
北欧
Běi Ōu
  1. 1 north Europe
  2. 2 Scandinavia
北海
Běi hǎi
  1. 1 Beihai, park in Beijing to the northwest of the Forbidden City
  2. 2 the North Sea (Europe)
  3. 3 Beihai prefecture-level city and seaport in Guangxi
  4. 4 Bohai Sea
  5. 5 Lake Baikal
北海道
Běi hǎi dào
  1. 1 Hokkaidō, Japan
北美
Běi měi
  1. 1 North America
北部
běi bù
  1. 1 northern part

Idioms (20)

一个天南，一个地北
yī ge tiān nán , yī ge dì běi
  1. 1 to live miles apart (idiom)
北叟失马
běi sǒu shī mǎ
  1. 1 lit. the old man lost his horse, but it all turned out for the best (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. a blessing in disguise
  3. 3 it's an ill wind that blows nobody any good
南征北伐
nán zhēng běi fá
  1. 1 war on all sides (idiom); fighting from all four quarters
南征北战
nán zhēng běi zhàn
  1. 1 war on all sides (idiom); fighting from all four quarters
南征北讨
nán zhēng běi tǎo
  1. 1 war on all sides (idiom); fighting from all four quarters
南箕北斗
nán jī běi dǒu
  1. 1 the Winnowing Basket in the southern sky, and the Big Dipper in the north (idiom); sth which, despite its name, is of no practical use
南辕北辙
nán yuán běi zhé
  1. 1 to act in a way that defeats one's purpose (idiom)
取长补短
qǔ cháng bǔ duǎn
  1. 1 lit. use others' strengths to make up for one's weak points (idiom from Mencius)
  2. 2 to use this in place of that
  3. 3 what you lose on the swings, you win on the roundabouts
吃人家的嘴软，拿人家的手短
chī rén jiā de zuǐ ruǎn , ná rén jiā de shǒu duǎn
  1. 1 lit. the mouth that has been fed by others is soft, the hand that has received doesn't reach (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. one is partial to those from whom presents have been accepted
喝西北风
hē xī běi fēng
  1. 1 lit. drink the northwest wind (idiom); cold and hungry
大江南北
Dà jiāng nán běi
  1. 1 north and south sides of the Yangtze River (idiom)
  2. 2 (fig.) all over China
展翅高飞
zhǎn chì gāo fēi
  1. 1 to spread one's wings and soar (idiom)
  2. 2 to develop one's abilities freely
张家长，李家短
Zhāng jiā cháng , Lǐ jiā duǎn
  1. 1 lit. the Zhangs are better off than the Lis (idiom); to gossip about the neighbors
截长补短
jié cháng bǔ duǎn
  1. 1 take from the long to supplement the short (idiom)
  2. 2 to offset each other's deficiencies
  3. 3 to complement each other
插翅难飞
chā chì nán fēi
  1. 1 lit. even given wings, you couldn't fly (idiom); fig. impossible to escape
扬长避短
yáng cháng bì duǎn
  1. 1 to foster strengths and avoid weaknesses (idiom)
  2. 2 to play to one's strengths
昼短夜长
zhòu duǎn yè cháng
  1. 1 the winter days are short and the nights long (idiom)
东家长西家短
dōng jiā cháng xī jiā duǎn
  1. 1 to gossip (idiom)
残年短景
cán nián duǎn jǐng
  1. 1 at the end of the year (idiom)
泰山北斗
Tài shān Běi dǒu
  1. 1 as weighty as Mt Tai, as brilliant as the Big Dipper (idiom); a giant among men

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