鸟巢 (鳥巢)
niǎo cháo
Pinyin

Definition

鸟巢 (鳥巢)
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niǎo cháo
  1. bird's nest
  2. nickname for Beijing 2008 Olympic stadium

Character Decomposition

Related Words (13)

雀巢
Què cháo
  1. 1 Nestlé
卵巢
luǎn cháo
  1. 1 ovary
巢湖
Cháo hú
  1. 1 Chaohu prefecture-level city in Anhui
  2. 2 Chaohu lake
香巢
xiāng cháo
  1. 1 a love nest
  2. 2 a place of secret cohabitation (also derogatory)
鸟巢
niǎo cháo
  1. 1 bird's nest
  2. 2 nickname for Beijing 2008 Olympic stadium

Idioms (5)

倾巢来犯
qīng cháo lái fàn
  1. 1 to turn out in force ready to attack (idiom)
倾巢而出
qīng cháo ér chū
  1. 1 the whole nest came out (idiom); to turn out in full strength
覆巢之下无完卵
fù cháo zhī xià wú wán luǎn
  1. 1 lit. when the nest is upset no egg is left intact (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. when one falls in disgrace the whole family is doomed
覆巢无完卵
fù cháo wú wán luǎn
  1. 1 lit. when the nest overturns no egg remains intact
  2. 2 no member escapes unscathed from a family disaster (idiom)
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

不管是开瓶器也好，军刀、牙膏也好，总之这些争议也大大地提升了这栋楼的人气。就像北京的央视大楼，奥运会的鸟巢和水立方，大家越争，它们越火。
bùguǎn shì kāipíngqì yěhǎo ，jūndāo 、yágāo yěhǎo ，zǒngzhī zhèxiē zhēngyì yě dàdà de tíshēng le zhè dòng lóu de rénqì 。jiù xiàng Běijīng de Yāngshìdàlóu ，Àoyùnhuì de Niǎocháo hé Shuǐlìfāng ，dàjiā yuè zhēng ，tāmen yuè huǒ 。
Regardless of whether or not it looks like a bottle opener, a saber, or toothpaste, these kinds of arguments actually help make people more aware of these buildings. Like Beijing's CCTV building, the Olympic Bird's Nest, and the Water Cube. The more people talk about them, the more popular they become.
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