鸟类
niǎo lèi
Pinyin

Definition

鸟类
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niǎo lèi
  1. birds

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

之类
zhī lèi
  1. 1 and so on
  2. 2 and such
人类
rén lèi
  1. 1 humanity
  2. 2 human race
  3. 3 mankind
小鸟
xiǎo niǎo
  1. 1 penis (kiddie term)
类
lèi
  1. 1 kind
  2. 2 type
  3. 3 class
  4. 4 category
  5. 5 similar
  6. 6 like
  7. 7 to resemble
类似
lèi sì
  1. 1 similar
  2. 2 analogous
类型
lèi xíng
  1. 1 type
  2. 2 category
  3. 3 genre
  4. 4 form
  5. 5 style
鸟
diǎo
  1. 1 variant of 屌[diǎo]
  2. 2 penis
鸟儿
niǎo r5
  1. 1 bird
一石二鸟
yī shí èr niǎo
  1. 1 to kill two birds with one stone (idiom)
不伦不类
bù lún bù lèi
  1. 1 out of place
  2. 2 inappropriate
  3. 3 incongruous
人类学
rén lèi xué
  1. 1 anthropology
候鸟
hòu niǎo
  1. 1 migratory bird
出类拔萃
chū lèi bá cuì
  1. 1 to excel the common (idiom); surpassing
  2. 2 preeminent
  3. 3 outstanding
分类
fēn lèi
  1. 1 classification
另类
lìng lèi
  1. 1 offbeat
  2. 2 alternative
  3. 3 avant-garde
  4. 4 unconventional
  5. 5 weird
品类
pǐn lèi
  1. 1 category
  2. 2 kind
啄木鸟
zhuó mù niǎo
  1. 1 woodpecker
小鸟依人
xiǎo niǎo yī rén
  1. 1 lit. like a little bird relying on people (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. cute and helpless-looking
布谷鸟
bù gǔ niǎo
  1. 1 cuckoo (Cercococcyx spp.)
  2. 2 same as 杜鵑鳥|杜鹃鸟[dù juān niǎo]
败类
bài lèi
  1. 1 scum of a community
  2. 2 degenerate

Idioms (20)

一石二鸟
yī shí èr niǎo
  1. 1 to kill two birds with one stone (idiom)
人为财死，鸟为食亡
rén wèi cái sǐ , niǎo wèi shí wáng
  1. 1 lit. human beings will die for riches, just as birds will for food (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. man will do anything in his means to become rich
作鸟兽散
zuò niǎo shòu sàn
  1. 1 lit. scatter like birds and beasts (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to head off in various directions
  3. 3 to flee helter-skelter
出类拔萃
chū lèi bá cuì
  1. 1 to excel the common (idiom); surpassing
  2. 2 preeminent
  3. 3 outstanding
刻鹄类鹜
kè hú lèi wù
  1. 1 to aim to carve a swan and get a semblance of a duck (idiom)
  2. 2 to fail utterly in trying to copy something
  3. 3 to get a reasonably good, if not perfect, result
如鸟兽散
rú niǎo shòu sàn
  1. 1 to scatter like birds and beasts (idiom)
  2. 2 to flee in all directions
小鸟依人
xiǎo niǎo yī rén
  1. 1 lit. like a little bird relying on people (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. cute and helpless-looking
林子大了，什么鸟都有
lín zi dà le , shén me niǎo dōu yǒu
  1. 1 it takes all sorts (to make a world) (idiom)
枪打出头鸟
qiāng dǎ chū tóu niǎo
  1. 1 the shot hits the bird that pokes its head out (idiom)
  2. 2 nonconformity gets punished
乌鸟私情
wū niǎo sī qíng
  1. 1 lit. the solicitude of the crow (who provides for his old parent)(idiom)
  2. 2 fig. filial piety
物以类聚
wù yǐ lèi jù
  1. 1 similar things come together (idiom); like draws like
  2. 2 Birds of a feather flock together.
物以类聚，人以群分
wù yǐ lèi jù , rén yǐ qún fēn
  1. 1 Similar things group together, similar people fit together (idiom); Birds of a feather flock together.
画虎类犬
huà hǔ lèi quǎn
  1. 1 drawing a tiger like a dog (idiom); to make a fool of oneself by excessive ambition
笨鸟先飞
bèn niǎo xiān fēi
  1. 1 lit. the clumsy bird flies early (idiom); fig. to work hard to compensate for one's limited abilities
笼鸟槛猿
lóng niǎo jiàn yuán
  1. 1 bird in a basket, monkey in a cage (idiom); prisoner
诸如此类
zhū rú cǐ lèi
  1. 1 things like this (idiom); and so on
  2. 2 and the rest
  3. 3 etc
惊弓之鸟
jīng gōng zhī niǎo
  1. 1 lit. a bird startled by the mere twang of a bow (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. sb who frightens easily, due to past experiences
鸟不拉屎，鸡不生蛋
niǎo bù lā shǐ , jī bù shēng dàn
  1. 1 lit. (a place where) birds don't defecate and hens don't lay eggs (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. god-forsaken
  3. 3 remote and desolate
鸟不生蛋，狗不拉屎
niǎo bù shēng dàn , gǒu bù lā shǐ
  1. 1 lit. (a place where) birds don't lay eggs and dogs don't defecate (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. god-forsaken
  3. 3 remote and desolate
鸟枪换炮
niǎo qiāng huàn pào
  1. 1 bird shotgun replaced by cannon (idiom); equipment improved enormously

Sample Sentences

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。
dāngrán bùshì yào quánbù fúhé cái suàn shì niǎolèi ，fúhé yuè duō zhǒng ，jiù yuè xiàng niǎo ，dàgài shì zhèyàng ，suǒyǐ yībānláishuō ，tuóniǎo bùhuì yònglái dàngzuò niǎo de diǎnxíng lìzi ba 。
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.
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