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1 Guan Yu (-219), general of Shu and blood-brother of Liu Bei in Romance of the Three Kingdoms, fearsome fighter famous for virtue and loyalty
2 posthumously worshipped and identified with the guardian Bodhisattva Sangharama

羽毛

yǔ máo

1 feather
2 plumage
3 plume

羽毛球

yǔ máo qiú

1 shuttlecock
2 badminton
3 classifier: 个 gè

羽绒

yǔ róng

1 down (soft feathers)

Idioms (1)

铩羽而归

shā yǔ ér guī

1 to return in low spirits following a defeat or failure to achieve one's ambitions (idiom)

Sample Sentences

懒摇白羽扇，

lǎnyáo bái yǔshàn ，

Reluctantly (lazily) fanning the white feather fan

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我是故意的，别生气，不过话说回来，你知道古典分类理论描述“鸟”的特征包括红色的胸羽、骨头很轻，还要会唱歌哦，你觉得你的"鸵鸟”有多像鸟呢？

wǒ shì gùyì de ，bié shēngqì ，bùguò huàshuōhuílai ，nǐ zhīdào gǔdiǎn fēnlèi lǐlùn miáoshù “niǎo ”de tèzhēng bāokuò hóngsè de xiōngyǔ 、gútou hěn qīng ，hái yào huì chànggē ò ，nǐ juéde nǐ de "tuóniǎo ”yǒu duō xiàng niǎo ne ？

I was being facetious, don't get angry. Speaking of that though, did you know that ancient taxonomic theory describes birds as having red breast feathers, lightweight bones and as having the ability to sing. How does your ostrich measure up to the bird standard?

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遥想公瑾当年，小乔初嫁了，雄姿英发。羽扇纶巾，谈笑间，樯橹灰飞烟灭。故国神游，多情应笑我，早生华发。人生如梦，一樽还酹江月。

yáo xiǎng Gōngjǐn dāngnián ，Xiǎoqiáo chū jià le ，xióngzī yīngfā 。yǔshàn guānjīn ，tán xiào jiān ，qiánglǔ huīfēiyānmiè 。gùguó shényóu ，duōqíng yīng xiào wǒ ，zǎo shēng huáfà 。rénshēng rú mèng ，yī zūn hái lèi jiāng yuè 。

Thinking back all the way to Zhou Yu's military campaign at the red cliffs, when he had just married the beautiful Xiao Qiao, and how they made such a radiant couple, beauty matching bravery. The silk hat on his head, fanning himself lightly with a feather fan, reducing the formidable enemy army to ashes amid idle chat and laughter. But what is point of me sitting here pontificating? You might laugh at me, that it's my sentimentality that made my hair go white all over so prematurely. Life is like a passing dream, so we might as well pour a drink into to the river, to drink a toast to the moon's reflection in the river!

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我羽毛球打得不好。

wǒ yǔmáoqiú dǎ de bù hǎo 。

I play badminton poorly.

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那么，羽毛球和乒乓球呢？

nàme ，yǔmáoqiú hé pīngpāngqiú ne ？

Then what about badminton and ping pong?

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我不都喜欢。我喜欢打羽毛球，不喜欢打乒乓球。

wǒ bù dōu xǐhuan 。wǒ xǐhuan dǎ yǔmáoqiú ，bù xǐhuan dǎ pīngpāngqiú 。

I don't like both. I like playing badminton, but I don't like playing ping pong.