燕窝 (燕窩)
yàn wō
Pinyin

Definition

燕窝 (燕窩)
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yàn wō
  1. edible bird's nest

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

燕
Yān
  1. 1 Yan, a vassal state of Zhou in modern Hebei and Liaoning
  2. 2 north Hebei
  3. 3 the four Yan kingdoms of the Sixteen Kingdoms, namely: Former Yan 前燕 (337-370), Later Yan 後燕|后燕 (384-409), Southern Yan 南燕 (398-410), Northern Yan 北燕 (409-436)
  4. 4 surname Yan
燕子
yàn zi
  1. 1 swallow
孙燕姿
Sūn Yàn zī
  1. 1 Stefanie Sun (1978-), Singaporean singer-songwriter
燕京
Yān jīng
  1. 1 Yanjing, an old name for Beijing
  2. 2 capital of Yan at different periods
燕尾蝶
yān wěi dié
  1. 1 swallow tail butterfly (family Papilionidae)

Idioms (9)

来鸿去燕
lái hóng qù yàn
  1. 1 lit. the goose comes, the swallow goes (idiom); fig. always on the move
劳燕分飞
láo yàn fēn fēi
  1. 1 the shrike and the swallow fly in different directions (idiom)
  2. 2 (usually of a couple) to part from each other
燕子衔泥垒大窝
yàn zi xián ní lěi dà wō
  1. 1 the swallow's nest is built one beakful of mud at a time (idiom)
  2. 2 many a little makes a mickle
燕雀安知鸿鹄之志
yàn què ān zhī hóng hú zhī zhì
  1. 1 lit. can the sparrow and swallow know the will of the great swan? (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. how can we small fry predict the ambitions of the great?
燕雀焉知鸿鹄之志
yàn què yān zhī hóng gǔ zhī zhì
  1. 1 lit. can the sparrow and swallow know the will of the great swan? (idiom); fig. how can we small fry predict the ambitions of the great?

Sample Sentences

到时候就来不及了。孩子的教育一环扣一环。进好的幼儿园，才能进好的小学，最后才有希望考上好的大学。噢，吃燕窝的时间到了。
dào shíhou jiù láibují le 。háizi de jiàoyù yīhuánkòuyīhuán 。jìn hǎo de yòu éryuán ，cái néng jìn hǎo de xiǎoxué ，zuìhòu cái yǒu xīwàng kǎoshàng hǎo de dàxué 。ò ，chī yànwō de shíjiān dào le 。
When the time comes, it'll be too late. Training kids is a sequence of things. The only way they can get into a good elementary school is by getting into a good kindergarten, and that's the only way they can have any hope of getting into a good college. Oh, it's time for me to eat some swallow's nest.
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当然有用，对宝宝对妈妈都好。 纯天然的优质燕窝怎么会有激素呢？你也去买一点儿吧。要买最好的，差的吃了也没用。
dāngrán yǒuyòng ，duì bǎobao duì māma dōu hǎo 。 chún tiānrán de yōuzhì yànwō zénme huì yǒu jīsù ne ？nǐ yě qù mǎi yīdiǎnr ba 。yào mǎi zuì hǎo de ，chà de chī le yě méiyòng 。
Yes. It's good for the baby and the momma. How could natural bird's nest have hormones in it? You should also go get some. You need to buy the best. The bad stuff doesn't work.
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