灰背隼
huī bèi sǔn
Pinyin

Definition

灰背隼
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huī bèi sǔn
  1. (bird species of China) merlin (Falco columbarius)

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

bēi
  1. 1 variant: 背 bēi
huī
  1. 1 ash
  2. 2 dust
  3. 3 lime
  4. 4 gray
  5. 5 discouraged
  6. 6 dejected
huī sè
  1. 1 gray
  2. 2 ash gray
  3. 3 grizzly
  4. 4 pessimistic
  5. 5 gloomy
  6. 6 dispirited
  7. 7 ambiguous
bèi pàn
  1. 1 to betray
bèi yǐng
  1. 1 rear view
  2. 2 figure seen from behind
  3. 3 view of the back (of a person or object)

Idioms (18)

勾肩搭背
gōu jiān dā bèi
  1. 1 arms around each other's shoulders (idiom)
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