灰尾漂鹬 (灰尾漂鷸)
huī wěi piāo yù
Pinyin

Definition

灰尾漂鹬 (灰尾漂鷸)
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huī wěi piāo yù
  1. (bird species of China) grey-tailed tattler (Tringa brevipes)

Related Words (20)

piào liang
  1. 1 pretty
  2. 2 beautiful
huī
  1. 1 ash
  2. 2 dust
  3. 3 lime
  4. 4 gray
  5. 5 discouraged
  6. 6 dejected
jiǔ wěi hú
  1. 1 nine-tailed fox (mythological creature)
Běi piāo
  1. 1 migrant worker living and working in Beijing without a residence permit
dà huī láng
  1. 1 big bad wolf

Idioms (20)

吴头楚尾
Wú tóu Chǔ wěi
  1. 1 lit. head in Wu and tail in Chu (idiom); fig. close together
  2. 2 head-to-tail
  3. 3 one thing starts where the other leaves off
宁做鸡头,不做凤尾
nìng zuò jī tóu , bù zuò fèng wěi
  1. 1 lit. would rather be a chicken's head than a phoenix's tail (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to prefer to be a big fish in a small pond rather than a small fish in a big pond
尾大不掉
wěi dà bù diào
  1. 1 large tail obstructs action (idiom); bottom heavy
  2. 2 fig. rendered ineffective by subordinates
彻头彻尾
chè tóu chè wěi
  1. 1 lit. from head to tail (idiom); thoroughgoing
  2. 2 through and through
  3. 3 out and out
  4. 4 from top to bottom
摇头摆尾
yáo tóu bǎi wěi
  1. 1 to nod one's head and wag one's tail (idiom)
  2. 2 to be well pleased with oneself
  3. 3 to have a lighthearted air