xiān

𬸣

Word · VerbTraditional鶱

soar; fly high

Tone colorsmāmámǎmàma

Meanings

1 sense · 3 examples
1.

verb

to soar; to fly high (of birds)

literary

Literary term describing birds flying high or soaring. Rarely used in modern colloquial speech. Often appears in compounds like 鶱翥.

Dà大
péng鹏
xiān鶱
zhù翥
yú于
jiǔ九
tiān天
 。

The great roc soars in the highest heavens.

Qún群
hóng鸿
xiān鶱
fēi飞
 ，
shēng声
duàn断
Héng衡
yáng阳
zhī之
pǔ浦
 。

Flocks of swans soar in flight, their cries fading at the shore of Hengyang.

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Yīng鹰
sǔn隼
xiān鶱
yú于
tiān天
jì际
 。

Eagles and falcons soar at the edge of the sky.