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bird's nest
person of good character
damn thing
to shoot a bird
to stand someone up
waterbird
painting of birds and flowers
a road only a bird can manage
nonmigratory bird
bird
Notice where 鸟 sits in each complete thought.
Not all birds can fly.
Source: Tatoeba #391804 · CC BY 2.0 FRIt is all Greek to me.
Source: Tatoeba #711673 · CC BY 2.0 FRYesterday morning I saw many birds.
Source: Tatoeba #9953372 · CC BY 2.0 FRShe wrote a book about birds.
Source: Tatoeba #2411910 · CC BY 2.0 FRDefinitions and traditional forms are compiled from Make Me a Hanzi, HSK curriculum data, and CC-CEDICT. Sourced example sentences link to Tatoeba; editorial examples are labeled separately. Review data sources and licenses.