鹊 (鵲)
què
Pinyin

Definition

鹊 (鵲)
 - 
què
  1. magpie

Character Decomposition

Related Words (3)

喜鹊
xǐ què
  1. 1 (bird species of China) Eurasian magpie (Pica pica)
扁鹊
Biǎn Què
  1. 1 秦越人[Qín Yuè rén] (407-310 BC), Warring States physician known for his medical skills, nicknamed Bian Que after the earliest known Chinese physician allegedly from the 黃帝|黄帝[Huáng dì] era
鹊桥
què qiáo
  1. 1 magpie bridge across the Milky Way between Altair and Vega where Cowherd and Weaving maid 牛郎織女|牛郎织女 are allowed an annual meeting

Idioms (1)

鹊巢鸠占
què cháo jiū zhàn
  1. 1 the magpie made a nest, the turtledove dwells in it (idiom)
  2. 2 to reap where one has not sown

Sample Sentences

小喜鹊造新房
xiǎo xǐquè zào xīnfáng
The magpies are building their homes,
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要学喜鹊造新房
yào xué xǐquè zào xīnfáng
We should learn from the magpies who make their new homes,
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这不是想逗你开心嘛。其实我也不信这些的，不过我奶奶信，像什么“男人嘴大吃四方，女人嘴大吃钱粮，喜鹊报喜，乌鸦报忧等等，差不多对每件事都有她的一套说法。
zhè bù shì xiǎng dòu nǐ kāixīn ma 。qíshí wǒ yě bùxìn zhèxiē de ，bùguò wǒ nǎinai xìn ，xiàng shénme “nánrén zuǐdà chī sìfāng，nǚrén zuǐdà chi ，xǐquè bàoxǐ，wūyā bàoyōu děngděng ，chàbuduō duì měi jiàn shì dōu yǒu tā de yītào shuōfa 。
I'm not just fooling with you. Actually, I don't believe in this stuff, either. But my grandma believes them, stuff like ''A man with big lips will eat a lot, a woman with big lips will spend a lot." ''Magpies report good news, crows report bad." She has something to say about nearly everything that happens.
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