燕尾蝶

yànwěidié
noun

Measure Word

Meanings

  1. 1 swallowtail butterfly (family Papilionidae)

Examples

Huāyuán lǐ fēi lái yì zhī yànwěidié.
A swallowtail butterfly flew into the garden.
Yànwěidié de chìbǎng mòduān yǒu xiàng yànzi wěiba yíyàng de tūqǐ.
Swallowtail butterflies have tail-like extensions on their wings shaped like a swallow's tail.

Tips

memory
('swallow's tail') describes the forked tail-shaped extensions on the hind wings — the same naming logic as English 'swallowtail.' 燕尾服 is a swallowtail tuxedo.

In Pop Culture

燕尾蝶 Yànwěidié
Swallowtail Butterfly (1996)
Iwai Shunji's cult Japanese film about migrants in a fictional Yen Town — became a touchstone of 1990s East Asian indie cinema

Stroke Order

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