鸵鸟
tuó niǎo
Pinyin

Definition

鸵鸟
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tuó niǎo
  1. ostrich

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

一石二鸟
yī shí èr niǎo
  1. 1 to kill two birds with one stone (idiom)
小鸟
xiǎo niǎo
  1. 1 penis (kiddie term)
鸟
diǎo
  1. 1 variant of 屌[diǎo]
  2. 2 penis
鸟儿
niǎo r5
  1. 1 bird
候鸟
hòu niǎo
  1. 1 migratory bird
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]
打鸟
dǎ niǎo
  1. 1 to shoot a bird (with a gun, slingshot etc)
  2. 2 to photograph birds
海鸟
hǎi niǎo
  1. 1 seabird
火烈鸟
huǒ liè niǎo
  1. 1 flamingo
花鸟
huā niǎo
  1. 1 painting of birds and flowers
菜鸟
cài niǎo
  1. 1 (coll.) sb new to a particular subject
  2. 2 rookie
  3. 3 beginner
  4. 4 newbie
蜂鸟
fēng niǎo
  1. 1 hummingbird
观鸟
guān niǎo
  1. 1 birdwatching
飞鸟
fēi niǎo
  1. 1 bird
鸟人
diǎo rén
  1. 1 (vulgar) damned wretch
  2. 2 fucker
  3. 3 also pr. [niǎo rén]
鸟叔
Niǎo shū
  1. 1 nickname of Korean singer PSY
鸟巢
niǎo cháo
  1. 1 bird's nest
  2. 2 nickname for Beijing 2008 Olympic stadium
鸟瞰
niǎo kàn
  1. 1 to get a bird's-eye view
  2. 2 bird's-eye view
  3. 3 broad overview

Idioms (16)

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
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
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
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
鸟尽弓藏
niǎo jìn gōng cáng
  1. 1 lit. the birds are over, the bow is put away (idiom); fig. to get rid of sb once he has served his purpose
鸟语花香
niǎo yǔ huā xiāng
  1. 1 lit. birdsong and fragrant flowers (idiom); fig. the intoxication of a beautiful spring day

Sample Sentences

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”。
tuóniǎo dāngrán shì niǎo ā ，tā yǒu chìbǎng ，yǒu huì ，huì xiàdàn ，bìngqiě ，nǐ kàn ，tā de míngzi jiù jiào tuóniǎo ”。
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.
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你认为鸵鸟算是鸟吗？
nǐ rènwéi tuóniǎo suàn shì niǎo ma ？
Do you think an ostrich counts as a bird?
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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？
wǒ shì gùyì de ，bié shēngqì ，bùguò huàshuōhuílai ，nǐ zhīdào gǔdiǎn fēnlèi lǐlùn miáoshù “niǎo ”de tèzhēng bāokuò hóngsè de xiōngyǔ 、gútou hěn qīng ，hái yào huì chànggē ò ，nǐ juéde nǐ de "tuóniǎo ”yǒu duō xiàng niǎo ne ？
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?
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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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