jí

鹡

Character · NounTraditional鶺

wagtail

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Meanings

1 sense · 3 examples
1.

noun

wagtail (a type of small passerine bird)

literary

Used exclusively in the word '鹡鸰', a literary or ornithological term referring to a wagtail, a small, slender bird with a long tail that often wags. It is rarely used alone in modern Chinese.

Gǔ古
rén人
cháng常
yǐ以
jí鹡
líng鸰
bǐ比
yù喻
xiōng兄
dì弟
 。

The ancients often used the wagtail as a metaphor for brothers.

Shī诗
jīng经
zhōng中
tí提
dào到
le了
jí鹡
líng鸰
zài在
yuán原
 。

The Book of Songs mentions the wagtail on the plain.

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Tā他
kàn看
dào到
yī一
zhī只
jí鹡
líng鸰
zài在
hé河
biān边
mì觅
shí食
 。

He saw a wagtail foraging by the river.