fěi

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Character · NounTraditional蜚

bird name (ancient text)

Tone colorsmāmámǎmàma

Meanings

1 sense · 2 examples
1.

noun

a bird with red feathers (mentioned in ancient texts)

archaic

This is a rare, literary term found primarily in classical Chinese texts, not used in modern language.

 《
Shān山
Hǎi海
Jīng经
 》
zhōng中
jì记
zǎi载
le了
yī一
zhǒng种
míng名
wéi为
 "
fěi蜚
 "
de的
hóng红
yǔ羽
niǎo鸟
 。

The Classic of Mountains and Seas records a red-feathered bird called 'Fei'.

Zhè这
ge个
cí词
zài在
xiàn现
dài代
Hàn汉
yǔ语
zhōng中
yǐ已
jīng经
bù不
yòng用
 ,
jǐn仅
jiàn见
yú于
gǔ古
jí籍
 。

This word is no longer used in modern Chinese and is only seen in ancient texts.