灰雁
huī yàn
Pinyin

Definition

灰雁
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huī yàn
  1. (bird species of China) greylag goose (Anser anser)

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

灰
huī
  1. 1 ash
  2. 2 dust
  3. 3 lime
  4. 4 gray
  5. 5 discouraged
  6. 6 dejected
灰色
huī sè
  1. 1 gray
  2. 2 ash gray
  3. 3 grizzly
  4. 4 pessimistic
  5. 5 gloomy
  6. 6 dispirited
  7. 7 ambiguous
大灰狼
dà huī láng
  1. 1 big bad wolf
大雁
dà yàn
  1. 1 wild goose
  2. 2 CL:隻|只[zhī]
大雁塔
Dà yàn tǎ
  1. 1 Giant Wild Goose Pagoda in Xi'an
心灰意冷
xīn huī yì lěng
  1. 1 discouraged
  2. 2 downhearted
沉鱼落雁
chén yú luò yàn
  1. 1 lit. fish sink, goose alights (idiom, from Zhuangzi 莊子|庄子); fig. female beauty captivating even the birds and beasts
灰尘
huī chén
  1. 1 dust
灰姑娘
Huī gū niang
  1. 1 Cinderella
  2. 2 a sudden rags-to-riches celebrity
灰心
huī xīn
  1. 1 to lose heart
  2. 2 to be discouraged
灰暗
huī àn
  1. 1 dull gray
  2. 2 drab
  3. 3 murky
灰溜溜
huī liū liū
  1. 1 dull gray
  2. 2 gloomy
  3. 3 dejected
  4. 4 crestfallen
  5. 5 with one's tail between one's legs
灰烬
huī jìn
  1. 1 ashes
灰蒙蒙
huī mēng mēng
  1. 1 dusky
  2. 2 overcast (of weather)
灰头土脸
huī tóu tǔ liǎn
  1. 1 head and face filthy with grime (idiom)
  2. 2 covered in dirt
  3. 3 dejected and depressed
灰飞烟灭
huī fēi yān miè
  1. 1 lit. scattered ashes and dispersed smoke (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to be annihilated
  3. 3 to vanish in a puff of smoke
炮灰
pào huī
  1. 1 cannon fodder
烟灰
yān huī
  1. 1 cigarette ash
烟灰缸
yān huī gāng
  1. 1 ashtray
石灰
shí huī
  1. 1 lime (calcium oxide)

Idioms (9)

死灰复燃
sǐ huī fù rán
  1. 1 lit. ashes burn once more (idiom); fig. sb lost returns to have influence
  2. 2 sth malevolent returns to haunt one
沉鱼落雁
chén yú luò yàn
  1. 1 lit. fish sink, goose alights (idiom, from Zhuangzi 莊子|庄子); fig. female beauty captivating even the birds and beasts
灰不溜丢
huī bu liū diū
  1. 1 gloomy and dull (idiom)
  2. 2 boring and gray
  3. 3 unpleasantly murky
灰头土脸
huī tóu tǔ liǎn
  1. 1 head and face filthy with grime (idiom)
  2. 2 covered in dirt
  3. 3 dejected and depressed
灰飞烟灭
huī fēi yān miè
  1. 1 lit. scattered ashes and dispersed smoke (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to be annihilated
  3. 3 to vanish in a puff of smoke
万念俱灰
wàn niàn jù huī
  1. 1 every hope turns to dust (idiom); completely disheartened
雁杳鱼沉
yàn yǎo yú chén
  1. 1 without news from sb (idiom)
面如灰土
miàn rú huī tǔ
  1. 1 ashen-faced (idiom)
鱼沉雁杳
yú chén yàn yǎo
  1. 1 lit. the fish sinks, the goose vanishes into the distance (idiom); a letter does not arrive
  2. 2 lost in transmission

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