zhè
鹧
partridge (in 鹧鸪)
Tone colorsmāmámǎmàma
Meanings
1 sense · 3 examplesnoun
partridge; Chinese francolin (used in 鹧鸪)
This character is almost exclusively used in the compound 鹧鸪 (zhègū) referring to the partridge, or in literary names such as 鹧鸪天 (a famous cipai or tune pattern).
Shān山
shēn深
wén闻
zhè鹧
gū鸪
。
Deep in the mountains, one hears the partridges calling.
Xīn辛
qì弃
jí疾
de的
《
Zhè鹧
gū鸪
tiān天
·
Mò陌
shàng上
róu柔
sāng桑
pò破
nèn嫩
yá芽
》
shì是
yī一
shǒu首
zhù著
míng名
de的
Sòng宋
cí词
。
Xin Qiji's 'Partridge Sky: Tender Mulberry Buds Break on the Path' is a famous Song dynasty lyric.
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Zhè这
zhǒng种
zhè鹧
gū鸪
cài菜
shì是
yī一
zhǒng种
hǎi海
zǎo藻
，
kě可
yǐ以
shí食
yòng用
。
This 'partridge vegetable' is a type of edible seaweed.