苍鹰 (蒼鷹)
cāng yīng
Pinyin

Definition

苍鹰 (蒼鷹)
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cāng yīng
  1. (bird species of China) northern goshawk (Accipiter gentilis)

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

苍天
cāng tiān
  1. 1 firmament
苍白
cāng bái
  1. 1 pale
  2. 2 wan
苍老
cāng lǎo
  1. 1 old
  2. 2 aged
  3. 3 (of calligraphy or painting) vigorous
  4. 4 forceful
苍茫
cāng máng
  1. 1 boundless
  2. 2 vast
  3. 3 hazy (distant horizon)
苍蝇
cāng ying
  1. 1 housefly
  2. 2 classifier: 只 zhī

Idioms (8)

不见兔子不撒鹰
bù jiàn tù zi bù sā yīng
  1. 1 you don't release the hawk until you've seen the hare (idiom)
  2. 2 one doesn't act without some incentive
暮色苍茫
mù sè cāng máng
  1. 1 the hazy dusk of twilight (idiom)
白衣苍狗
bái yī cāng gǒu
  1. 1 lit. (cloud shapes) changing from a white shirt to a gray dog (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. the unpredictable changeability of the world
白云苍狗
bái yún cāng gǒu
  1. 1 lit. a white cloud transforms into what looks like a gray dog (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. the unpredictable changeability of the world
皓首苍颜
hào shǒu cāng yán
  1. 1 white hair and gray sunken cheeks (idiom); decrepit old age

Sample Sentences

原来人性含有两面：其一是男性的，其一是女性的；其一如苍鹰，如飞瀑，如怒马；其一如夜莺，如静池，如驯羊。
yuánlái rénxìng hányǒu liǎngmiàn ：qíyī shì nánxìng de ，qíyī shì nǚxìng de ；qíyī rú cāngyīng ，rú fēipù ，rú nùmǎ ；qíyī rú yèyīng ，rú jìngchí ，rú xúnyáng 。
So it turns out that humanity has two sides: the first is masculine, the other is feminine; the first is like a goshawk, like a gushing waterfall, like a bucking bronco; the other is like a nightingale, like a placid lake, like a tame goat.
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我是苍鹰猎头公司的Amy，你现在方便说话吗？
wǒ shì Cāngyīng liètóu gōngsī de Amy ，nǐ xiànzài fāngbiàn shuōhuà ma ？
I'm Amy from Goshawk Headhunters. Is it a convenient time to talk for you right now?
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