杜鹃
dù juān
Pinyin

Definition

杜鹃
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dù juān
  1. cuckoo (Cercococcyx spp., also written 杜鵑鳥|杜鹃鸟)
  2. Indian azalea (Rhododendron simsii Planch, also written 杜鵑花|杜鹃花)

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

  1. 1 surname Du
dù zhòng
  1. 1 eucommia (a kind of rubber tree)
Dù Fǔ
  1. 1 Du Fu (712-770), great Tang dynasty poet
dù jué
  1. 1 to put an end to
Dù lěi sī
  1. 1 Durex, a condom brand name
dù juān
  1. 1 cuckoo (Cercococcyx spp., also written 杜鵑鳥|杜鹃鸟)
  2. 2 Indian azalea (Rhododendron simsii Planch, also written 杜鵑花|杜鹃花)
Dù jiā bān nà
  1. 1 Dolce & Gabbana (fashion)
dù sè
  1. 1 to stop
  2. 2 to block
Dù sāi ěr duō fū
  1. 1 Düsseldorf (Germany)
Dù Kāng
  1. 1 Du Kang, legendary inventor of wine
dù zhuàn
  1. 1 to fabricate
  2. 2 to make sth up
  3. 3 invented
Dù Yuè shēng
  1. 1 Du Yuesheng (1888-1951), Shanghai secret-society leader, banker, industrialist
Dù bǐ
  1. 1 Dolby (audio technology)
Dù Mù
  1. 1 Du Mu (803-852) Tang dynasty poet
Dù Qí fēng
  1. 1 Johnnie To (1955-), Hong Kong film director
Dù bāng
  1. 1 DuPont (company)
dù juān huā
  1. 1 Indian Azalea (Rhododendron simsii Planch)
Měi dù shā
  1. 1 Medusa (monster of Greek mythology)
fáng wēi dù jiàn
  1. 1 to nip in the bud (idiom)
Dù yī sī bǎo
  1. 1 Duisburg, city in the Ruhr 魯爾區|鲁尔区[Lǔ ěr Qū], Germany

Idioms (1)

防微杜渐
fáng wēi dù jiàn
  1. 1 to nip in the bud (idiom)

Sample Sentences

为什么是知更鸟?为什么不是鸽子、杜鹃或麻雀?讲到鸟,我第一个想到的例子就是它们。
wèishénme shì zhīgèngniǎo ?wèishénme bùshì gēzi 、Dùjuān huò máquè ?jiǎngdào niǎo ,wǒ dì yī ge xiǎngdào de lìzi jiùshì tāmen 。
Why is it the robin? Why isn't it the pigeon, the cuckoo or the sparrow? When you mention birds, those are the first examples I think of.