杜鹃鸟

杜鵑鳥

dùjuānniǎo

noun

Measure Word

一只杜鹃鸟 zhī

Meanings

1 cuckoo (bird)

Characters

to stop / surname

Examples

春天的山林里常能听见杜鹃鸟的叫声。

Chūntiān de shānlín lǐ cháng néng tīngjiàn dùjuānniǎo de jiàoshēng.

In spring you can often hear the cuckoo's call in the mountain forest.

杜鹃鸟有把蛋下在别的鸟巢里的习性。

Dùjuānniǎo yǒu bǎ dàn xià zài biéde niǎocháo lǐ de xíxìng.

Cuckoos have the habit of laying their eggs in other birds' nests.

Tips

culture

In classical poetry the cuckoo's mournful call is linked to the legend of King Wang of Shu, whose spirit became the bird and cried 不如归去 ('better to go home') until blood dripped from its beak — see also 杜鹃 (the bird and the azalea, named after the legend).

Stroke Order

杜 dù

鹃 juān

鸟 niǎo