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Chinese
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swallow (bird); surname; place name
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tail
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| trad. (燕尾)
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燕
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尾
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| simp. #(燕尾)
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燕
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尾
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Pronunciation
Noun
燕尾
- swallow's tail; swallowtail; forked tail
- streamer of a flag
- (calligraphy) dense flourish on the right side of a major stroke in clerical script
- Coordinate term: 蠶頭 / 蚕头 (cántóu)
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Japanese
Noun
燕尾 • (enbi)
- swallowtail
- a round-tipped 纓 (ei, “the tail of a 冠 (kanmuri, “traditional silk cap”)”)
- a type of forked arrowhead in the shape of a swallow's tail
- Short for 燕尾帽 (enbibō, “a high black hat with long split sides, worn by monks and blind court musicians”).
- (painting) a method of painting bamboo leaves in the 南画 (Nanga, “literati painting”) style
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