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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- (bird species of China) Dalmatian pelican (Pelecanus crispus)
Character Decomposition
Related Words (20)
- 1 to roll up
- 2 roll
- 3 classifier for small rolled things (wad of paper money, movie reel etc)
- 1 steamed roll
- 2 spring roll
- 1 down-filled garment
- 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 posthumously worshipped and identified with the guardian Bodhisattva Sangharama
Idioms (6)
卷土重来
- 1 lit. to return in a swirl of dust (idiom)
- 2 fig. to regroup and come back even stronger
- 3 to make a comeback
手不释卷
- 1 lit. always with a book in hand (idiom)
- 2 fig. (of a student or scholar) diligent and hardworking
收旗卷伞
- 1 lit. to furl up flags and umbrellas (idiom)
- 2 fig. to stop what one is doing
行万里路,读万卷书
- 1 Knowledge comes from books and from experience of the world. (idiom)
- 2 Learn as much as you can and do all you can.
铩羽而归
- 1 to return in low spirits following a defeat or failure to achieve one's ambitions (idiom)