The robin is looking for worms.
CHINESE DICTIONARY ENTRY
知更鸟
redbreast
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DEFINITIONS & USAGE
Meaning and common use
01
redbreast
02
robin
REAL CORPUS EXAMPLES
How 知更鸟 actually appears in real sentences.
These sentences are copied from the Tatoeba corpus, so they are real usage rather than generated text. 知更鸟 appears in 2 of the 89,190 sentences we searched.
Thoreau coveted the plant's strong purple stalk for a cane, and the robins eat its dark crimson-juiced berries.
COMMON COLLOCATIONS
Words that keep company with 知更鸟.
Counted from the same corpus: the word that most often comes directly before, and directly after, 知更鸟.
Directly before
- 而知更鸟1
Directly after
- 知更鸟正在1
- 知更鸟则1
ABOUT THIS ENTRY
Where this entry comes from
The HSK level, part of speech, and pronunciation come from the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus. The English definitions come from CC-CEDICT. Corpus sentences, collocations, and the frequency figure come from the Tatoeba Chinese sentence export and are counted rather than written, so nothing on this page is invented. Usage notes and the hand-written examples that appear higher up exist only for a handful of entries.
Definitions from CC-CEDICT, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Vocabulary levels and parts of speech from the HSK 3.1 syllabus. This compiled dictionary is shared under the same CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
COMMON QUESTIONS
About 知更鸟
What does 知更鸟 mean in Chinese?
知更鸟 (zhīgēngniǎo) means redbreast.
How do you pronounce 知更鸟?
知更鸟 is pronounced zhīgēngniǎo.
Is 知更鸟 an HSK word?
知更鸟 is on the list of the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus.
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