卷羽鹈鹕 (卷羽鵜鶘)
juǎn yǔ tí hú
Pinyin

Definition

卷羽鹈鹕 (卷羽鵜鶘)
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juǎn yǔ tí hú
  1. (bird species of China) Dalmatian pelican (Pelecanus crispus)

Related Words (20)

juǎn
  1. 1 to roll up
  2. 2 roll
  3. 3 classifier for small rolled things (wad of paper money, movie reel etc)
juǎn zi
  1. 1 steamed roll
  2. 2 spring roll
yǔ róng fú
  1. 1 down-filled garment
shì juàn
  1. 1 examination paper
  2. 2 test paper
  3. 3 classifier: 份 fèn
  4. 4 classifier: 张 zhāng
Guān Yǔ
  1. 1 Guan Yu (-219), general of Shu and blood-brother of Liu Bei in Romance of the Three Kingdoms, fearsome fighter famous for virtue and loyalty
  2. 2 posthumously worshipped and identified with the guardian Bodhisattva Sangharama

Idioms (6)

卷土重来
juǎn tǔ chóng lái
  1. 1 lit. to return in a swirl of dust (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to regroup and come back even stronger
  3. 3 to make a comeback
手不释卷
shǒu bù shì juàn
  1. 1 lit. always with a book in hand (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. (of a student or scholar) diligent and hardworking
收旗卷伞
shōu qí juǎn sǎn
  1. 1 lit. to furl up flags and umbrellas (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to stop what one is doing
行万里路,读万卷书
xíng wàn lǐ lù , dú wàn juàn shū
  1. 1 Knowledge comes from books and from experience of the world. (idiom)
  2. 2 Learn as much as you can and do all you can.
铩羽而归
shā yǔ ér guī
  1. 1 to return in low spirits following a defeat or failure to achieve one's ambitions (idiom)