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Chinese
Pronunciation
Noun
鳥喙
- (literary, literal) beak; bill (structure projecting from a bird's face)
范蠡遂去，自齊遺大夫種書曰：「蜚鳥盡，良弓藏；狡兔死，走狗烹。越王為人長頸鳥喙，可與共患難，不可與共樂。子何不去？」 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
范蠡遂去，自齐遗大夫种书曰：「蜚鸟尽，良弓藏；狡兔死，走狗烹。越王为人长颈鸟喙，可与共患难，不可与共乐。子何不去？」 [Classical Chinese, simp.]- From: The Records of the Grand Historian, by Sima Qian, c. 91 BCE
- Fàn Lǐ suì qù, zì Qí wèi dàfū Zhǒng shū yuē: “Fēiniǎo jìn, liánggōng cáng; jiǎotù sǐ, zǒugǒu pēng. Yuèwáng wéi rén chángjǐng niǎohuì, kě yǔ gòng huànnán, bùkě yǔ gòng yuè. Zǐ hébù qù?”
- Fan Li then left; from Qi he sent Senior Officer (Wen) Zhong a letter, which read: ‘When flying birds are all gone, good bows are stored; when cunning hares are all dead, running hounds are boiled. The long-necked, bird-mouthed King of Yue is a man whom one can share woes with, not weal. Why won't ye leave?’
- (Philippine Hokkien, figurative) blabbermouth; gossiper; gossipmonger
Synonyms
- (beak): 鳥嘴／鸟嘴 (niǎozuǐ); (Hakka) 嘴胛
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