ancient legendary bird
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Meanings
1 sense · 3 examplesnoun
a large bird mentioned in ancient texts; a legendary bird
archaicRefers to a legendary or mythical large bird described in ancient Chinese literature. Also written as 鹔𮭪 (sù shuāng). This term is archaic and primarily encountered in classical texts.
《
Shàng上
lín林
fù赋
》
zhōng中
tí提
dào到
le了
sù鹔
shuāng鷞
zhè这
zhǒng种
dà大
niǎo鸟
。
The 'Shanglin Fu' mentions this large bird called susuang.
Gǔ古
dài代
wén文
xiàn献
zhōng中
jì记
zǎi载
，
sù鹔
shuāng鷞
shì是
yī一
zhǒng种
wài外
xíng形
qí奇
tè特
de的
shén神
niǎo鸟
。
Ancient texts record that the susuang is a divine bird with a strange appearance.
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Tā他
shuō说
de的
shì是
sù鹔
shuāng鷞
，
bù不
shì是
pǔ普
tōng通
de的
niǎo鸟
lèi类
。
He was talking about the susuang, not ordinary birds.