喜鹊 (喜鵲)
xǐ què
Pinyin

Definition

喜鹊 (喜鵲)
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xǐ què
  1. (bird species of China) Eurasian magpie (Pica pica)

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

喜
xǐ
  1. 1 to be fond of
  2. 2 to like
  3. 3 to enjoy
  4. 4 to be happy
  5. 5 to feel pleased
  6. 6 happiness
  7. 7 delight
  8. 8 glad
喜欢
xǐ huan
  1. 1 to like
  2. 2 to be fond of
惊喜
jīng xǐ
  1. 1 nice surprise
  2. 2 to be pleasantly surprised
喜事
xǐ shì
  1. 1 happy occasion
  2. 2 wedding
喜剧
xǐ jù
  1. 1 comedy
  2. 2 classifier: 部 bù
  3. 3 classifier: 出 chū

Idioms (19)

一则以喜，一则以忧
yī zé yǐ xǐ , yī zé yǐ yōu
  1. 1 happy on the one hand, but worried on the other (idiom)
喜不自胜
xǐ bù zì shèng
  1. 1 unable to contain one's joy (idiom)
喜不自禁
xǐ bù zì jīn
  1. 1 unable to contain one's joy (idiom)
喜出望外
xǐ chū wàng wài
  1. 1 to be pleased beyond one's expectations (idiom)
  2. 2 overjoyed at the turn of events
喜形于色
xǐ xíng yú sè
  1. 1 face light up with delight (idiom); to beam with joy

Sample Sentences

小喜鹊造新房
xiǎo xǐquè zào xīnfáng
The magpies are building their homes,
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要学喜鹊造新房
yào xué xǐquè zào xīnfáng
We should learn from the magpies who make their new homes,
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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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