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乌鸦 (烏鴉)

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Comprehensive Chinese-English Dictionary

乌鸦 [wūyā]
  1. 1. crow

Contemporary Standard Chinese Dictionary

乌鸦 [wūyā]
  1. 1. 鸟,常见的全身或大部分羽毛为黑色,嘴大而直,翼有绿光。多群居于树林中或田野间,杂食谷类、果实、昆虫、雏鸟以及腐烂的动物尸体。俗称老鸹或老鸦。

Examples

乌鸦报丧是一种迷信的说法。
It is superstition that crows can predict death.
狐狸的眼睛骨碌碌地转着,想着怎么得到乌鸦嘴里的那块肉。
With eyeballs rolling, the fox is thinking about how to get the piece of meat from the crow's mouth.
乌鸦反哺。
有人把乌鸦的叫声当作凶兆。
The Crow is a small constellation in the southern sky.
乌鸦星座是南面天空中的一个小星座。
Birds, especially blackbirds, like using the fibres for building nests.
鸟类,尤其是乌鸦喜欢用纤维来编织巢穴。

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