鸟 (鳥)
niǎo
Pinyin
Definition
鸟 (鳥)
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- bird
- CL:隻|只[zhī],群[qún]
- (dialect) to pay attention to
- (intensifier) damned
- goddam
鸟 (鳥)
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- variant of 屌[diǎo]
- penis
Character Decomposition
Idioms (16)
一石二鸟
- 1 to kill two birds with one stone (idiom)
人为财死,鸟为食亡
- 1 lit. human beings will die for riches, just as birds will for food (idiom)
- 2 fig. man will do anything in his means to become rich
作鸟兽散
- 1 lit. scatter like birds and beasts (idiom)
- 2 fig. to head off in various directions
- 3 to flee helter-skelter
如鸟兽散
- 1 to scatter like birds and beasts (idiom)
- 2 to flee in all directions
小鸟依人
- 1 lit. like a little bird relying on people (idiom)
- 2 fig. cute and helpless-looking
Sample Sentences
比如沙漠里的动物—狮子、鸟、蜥蜴、蜘蛛、青蛙等等—大多数都有微黄的“沙漠色”作为它们的保护色;深海生物则因为红光不易穿透到深海,所以这里的鱼大多是红色的;而雪地上的动物—比如北极熊、北极兔—则会披上一层白色,让它们能安稳地藏在雪白世界中。
For example, in the desert, lions, birds, lizards, spiders, frogs and so on all have a light yellow “desert color” as their camouflage. Creatures in the deep ocean are often red because light cannot be easily shunned through in the deep sea. Lastly, animals that live in the snow, such as Polar Bears and Arctic Rabbits, will have a coat of white so that they can hide peacefully in the snowfield.
鸵鸟当然是鸟啊,它有翅膀,有喙,会下蛋,并且,你看,它的名字就叫鸵鸟”。
Of course an ostrich is a bird, it has wings, it has a beak, it lays eggs, and, there's even the character for bird in its Chinese name.
你认为鸵鸟算是鸟吗?
Do you think an ostrich counts as a bird?
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?
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?
也不能说这些特征不对,但是听起来好像是针对某种鸟量身定做的,有很多鸟不全都符合这些特征,怎么办?
It's not that these features are incorrect, but it sounds like it's describing one bird in particular, as many birds don't fit this description, so how could it work?
当然不是要全部符合才算是鸟类,符合越多种,就越像鸟,大概是这样,所以一般来说,鸵鸟不会用来当作鸟的典型例子吧。
Of course they don't have to meet these conditions in order to count as a bird, it's just the more that you meet them, the more like a bird you are, that's more or less how it is. So normally ostriches wouldn't be taken as a classic example of a bird.
岂敢岂敢,只是最近读认知语言学相关的文献,觉得很有趣罢了,就像你说的,古典分类理论描述的典型的鸟是以知更鸟为原型。
I wouldn't dare, it's just that recently I've been reading some cognitive linguistics literature and I just thought it was interesting is all. Like you said, the model bird in classical taxonomic theory takes the robin as its prototype.
为什么是知更鸟?为什么不是鸽子、杜鹃或麻雀?讲到鸟,我第一个想到的例子就是它们。
Why is it the robin? Why isn't it the pigeon, the cuckoo or the sparrow? When you mention birds, those are the first examples I think of.
那我应该按照这个什么古典分类理论来做个中国版的“鸟”的定义。
So I should make a Chinese definition of a bird along the lines of this classic taxonomic theory.
北冥有鱼,其名为鲲。鲲之大,不知其几千里也;化而为鸟,其名为鹏。鹏之背,不知其几千里也;怒而飞,其翼若垂天之云。是鸟也,海运则将徙于南冥。南冥者,天池也。
In the Northern Ocean there is a fish, the name of which is Kun - I do not know how many li in size. It changes into a bird with the name of Peng, the back of which is (also) - I do not know how many li in extent. When this bird rouses itself and flies, its wings are like clouds all round the sky. When the sea is moved (so as to bear it along), it prepares to remove to the Southern Ocean. The Southern Ocean is the Pool of Heaven.