牛背鹭 (牛背鷺)
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Pinyin
Definition
牛背鹭 (牛背鷺)
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- (bird species of China) eastern cattle egret (Bubulcus coromandus)
Character Decomposition
Idioms (20)
九牛一毛
- 1 lit. one hair from nine oxen (idiom)
- 2 fig. a drop in the ocean
九牛二虎之力
- 1 tremendous strength (idiom)
初生牛犊不怕虎
- 1 lit. newborn calves do not fear tigers (idiom)
- 2 fig. the young are fearless
割鸡焉用牛刀
- 1 lit. why use a pole-ax to slaughter a chicken? (idiom)
- 2 fig. to waste effort on a trifling matter
- 3 also written 殺雞焉用牛刀|杀鸡焉用牛刀[shā jī yān yòng niú dāo]
勾肩搭背
- 1 arms around each other's shoulders (idiom)