liè
䴕
woodpecker
Tone colorsmāmámǎmàma
Meanings
1 sense · 2 examplesnoun
woodpecker (a bird)
archaicThis is an archaic, literary term for 'woodpecker'. The modern, common word is 啄木鸟 (zhuó mù niǎo).
Gǔ古
jí籍
zhōng中
ǒu偶
jiàn见
liè鴷
zì字
，
zhǐ指
de的
jiù就
shì是
zhuó啄
mù木
niǎo鸟
。
The character 鴷 is occasionally seen in ancient texts, referring to the woodpecker.
Zhè这
piàn片
shù树
lín林
lǐ里
néng能
tīng听
dào到
liè鴷
zhuó啄
mù木
de的
shēng声
yīn音
。
In this forest, you can hear the sound of woodpeckers pecking wood.