褐喉沙燕
hè hóu shā yàn
Pinyin

Definition

褐喉沙燕
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hè hóu shā yàn
  1. (bird species of China) grey-throated martin (Riparia chinensis)

Related Words (20)

yān hóu
  1. 1 throat
hóu lóng
  1. 1 throat
  2. 2 larynx
Shā
  1. 1 surname Sha
shā chǎng
  1. 1 sandpit
  2. 2 battleground
  3. 3 battlefield
shā zi
  1. 1 sand
  2. 2 grit
  3. 3 classifier: 粒 lì
  4. 4 classifier: 把 bǎ

Idioms (20)

一盘散沙
yī pán sǎn shā
  1. 1 lit. like a sheet of loose sand
  2. 2 fig. unable to cooperate (idiom)
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
含沙射影
hán shā shè yǐng
  1. 1 to attack someone by innuendo (idiom)
  2. 2 to make oblique charges
  3. 3 to make insinuations
  4. 4 to insinuate
如鲠在喉
rú gěng zài hóu
  1. 1 lit. as if having a fish bone stuck in one's throat (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. very upset and needing to express one's displeasure