灰背伯劳
huī bèi bó láo
Pinyin

Definition

灰背伯劳
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huī bèi bó láo
  1. (bird species of China) grey-backed shrike (Lanius tephronotus)

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

背
bēi
  1. 1 variant of 背[bēi]
灰
huī
  1. 1 ash
  2. 2 dust
  3. 3 lime
  4. 4 gray
  5. 5 discouraged
  6. 6 dejected
灰色
huī sè
  1. 1 gray
  2. 2 ash gray
  3. 3 grizzly
  4. 4 pessimistic
  5. 5 gloomy
  6. 6 dispirited
  7. 7 ambiguous
背叛
bèi pàn
  1. 1 to betray
背影
bèi yǐng
  1. 1 rear view
  2. 2 figure seen from behind
  3. 3 view of the back (of a person or object)
背后
bèi hòu
  1. 1 behind
  2. 2 at the back
  3. 3 in the rear
  4. 4 behind sb's back
背景
bèi jǐng
  1. 1 background
  2. 2 backdrop
  3. 3 context
  4. 4 (fig.) powerful backer
  5. 5 CL:種|种[zhǒng]
伯
bà
  1. 1 variant of 霸[bà]
伯伯
bó bo
  1. 1 father's elder brother
  2. 2 uncle
伯明翰
Bó míng hàn
  1. 1 Birmingham
伯乐
Bó Lè
  1. 1 Bo Le (horse connoisseur during Spring and Autumn Period)
  2. 2 a good judge of talent
  3. 3 talent scout
伯母
bó mǔ
  1. 1 wife of father's elder brother
  2. 2 aunt
  3. 3 (polite form of address for a woman who is about the age of one's mother)
  4. 4 CL:個|个[gè]
伯爵
bó jué
  1. 1 earl
  2. 2 count
  3. 3 earldom or countship (old)
伯父
bó fù
  1. 1 father's elder brother
  2. 2 term of respect for older man
  3. 3 CL:個|个[gè]
叔伯
shū bai
  1. 1 (of cousins) descending from the same grandfather or great-grandfather
大伯
dà bó
  1. 1 husband's older brother
  2. 2 brother-in-law
大灰狼
dà huī láng
  1. 1 big bad wolf
张伯伦
Zhāng bó lún
  1. 1 Chamberlain (name)
  2. 2 Wilt Chamberlain (1936-1999), US basketball player
后背
hòu bèi
  1. 1 the back (human anatomy)
  2. 2 the back part of sth
心灰意冷
xīn huī yì lěng
  1. 1 discouraged
  2. 2 downhearted

Idioms (20)

不分伯仲
bù fēn bó zhòng
  1. 1 lit. unable to distinguish eldest brother from second brother (idiom); they are all equally excellent
  2. 2 nothing to choose between them
勾肩搭背
gōu jiān dā bèi
  1. 1 arms around each other's shoulders (idiom)
千里马常有，而伯乐不常有
qiān lǐ mǎ cháng yǒu , ér Bó Lè bù cháng yǒu
  1. 1 lit. there are many swift horses, but very few who can spot them (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. many have talent, but few can recognize talent when they see it
手心手背都是肉
shǒu xīn shǒu bèi dōu shì ròu
  1. 1 lit. both the palm and the back of the hand are made of flesh (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to both be of equal importance
  3. 3 to value both equally
扼喉抚背
è hóu fǔ bèi
  1. 1 lit. to strangle the front and press the back (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to occupy all key points (military)
弃约背盟
qì yuē bèi méng
  1. 1 to abrogate an agreement
  2. 2 to break one's oath (idiom)
死灰复燃
sǐ huī fù rán
  1. 1 lit. ashes burn once more (idiom); fig. sb lost returns to have influence
  2. 2 sth malevolent returns to haunt one
汗流浃背
hàn liú jiā bèi
  1. 1 to sweat profusely (idiom)
  2. 2 drenched in sweat
灰不溜丢
huī bu liū diū
  1. 1 gloomy and dull (idiom)
  2. 2 boring and gray
  3. 3 unpleasantly murky
灰头土脸
huī tóu tǔ liǎn
  1. 1 head and face filthy with grime (idiom)
  2. 2 covered in dirt
  3. 3 dejected and depressed
灰飞烟灭
huī fēi yān miè
  1. 1 lit. scattered ashes and dispersed smoke (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to be annihilated
  3. 3 to vanish in a puff of smoke
背井离乡
bèi jǐng lí xiāng
  1. 1 to leave one's native place, esp. against one's will (idiom)
背信弃义
bèi xìn qì yì
  1. 1 breaking faith and abandoning right (idiom); to betray
  2. 2 treachery
  3. 3 perfidy
背城借一
bèi chéng jiè yī
  1. 1 to make a last-ditch stand before the city wall (idiom); to fight to the last ditch
  2. 2 to put up a desperate struggle
背水一战
bèi shuǐ yī zhàn
  1. 1 lit. fight with one's back to the river (idiom); fig. to fight to win or die
背道而驰
bèi dào ér chí
  1. 1 to run in the opposite direction (idiom); to run counter to
腹背相亲
fù bèi xiāng qīn
  1. 1 to be on intimate terms with sb (idiom)
芒刺在背
máng cì zài bèi
  1. 1 feeling brambles and thorns in one's back (idiom)
  2. 2 uneasy and nervous
  3. 3 to be on pins and needles
万念俱灰
wàn niàn jù huī
  1. 1 every hope turns to dust (idiom); completely disheartened
面如灰土
miàn rú huī tǔ
  1. 1 ashen-faced (idiom)

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