紫背椋鸟
zǐ bèi liáng niǎo
Pinyin

Definition

紫背椋鸟
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zǐ bèi liáng niǎo
  1. (bird species of China) chestnut-cheeked starling (Agropsar philippensis)

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

背
bēi
  1. 1 variant of 背[bēi]
紫
zǐ
  1. 1 purple
  2. 2 violet
紫色
zǐ sè
  1. 1 purple
  2. 2 violet (color)
背包
bēi bāo
  1. 1 knapsack
  2. 2 rucksack
  3. 3 infantry pack
  4. 4 field pack
  5. 5 blanket roll
  6. 6 CL:個|个[gè]
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]
姹紫嫣红
chà zǐ yān hóng
  1. 1 fig. beautiful purples and brilliant reds (idiom); lit. beautiful flowers
后背
hòu bèi
  1. 1 the back (human anatomy)
  2. 2 the back part of sth
手背
shǒu bèi
  1. 1 back of the hand
椅背
yǐ bèi
  1. 1 the back of a chair
紫外线
zǐ wài xiàn
  1. 1 ultraviolet ray
紫红色
zǐ hóng sè
  1. 1 red-purple
  2. 2 mauve
  3. 3 prune (color)
  4. 4 claret
紫罗兰
zǐ luó lán
  1. 1 violet (botany)
紫荆
zǐ jīng
  1. 1 Chinese redbud (Cercis chinensis)
紫菜
zǐ cài
  1. 1 flavored roasted seaweed
  2. 2 generic term for edible seaweed
  3. 3 Japanese: nori
紫薇
zǐ wēi
  1. 1 crape myrtle
紫金
Zǐ jīn
  1. 1 Zijin county in Heyuan 河源[Hé yuán], Guangdong
紫阳
Zǐ yáng
  1. 1 Ziyang County in Ankang 安康[Ān kāng], Shaanxi

Idioms (16)

勾肩搭背
gōu jiān dā bèi
  1. 1 arms around each other's shoulders (idiom)
姹紫嫣红
chà zǐ yān hóng
  1. 1 fig. beautiful purples and brilliant reds (idiom); lit. beautiful flowers
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)
汗流浃背
hàn liú jiā bèi
  1. 1 to sweat profusely (idiom)
  2. 2 drenched in sweat
白苋紫茄
bái xiàn zǐ qié
  1. 1 white amaranth, purple eggplant (idiom); common foodstuff, unpretentious lifestyle
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
腰金衣紫
yāo jīn yī zǐ
  1. 1 golden seal at the waist, purple gown (idiom); in official position
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
万紫千红
wàn zǐ qiān hóng
  1. 1 thousands of purples and reds (idiom); a blaze of color
  2. 2 fig. a profusion of flourishing trades

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