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夜莺

yè yīng

2-character word Traditional 夜鶯

What 夜莺 means

1. nightingale

The characters in 夜莺

• 夜yènight
• 莺yīngoriole or various birds of the Sylvidae family including warblers

Example sentences

• 在安静的晚上，我们沉浸在夜莺悦耳的歌声中。
  Zài ānjìng de wǎnshang, wǒmen chénjìn zài yèyīng yuè'ěr de gēshēng zhōng.
  In the evening quiet, we enjoy the song of the euphonious nightingale.
• 越过松林，远处有一座小花园。那里青草长得又长又茂盛，铁杉花像洁白的星星一样闪耀，夜莺整夜唱歌。它整夜歌唱，冰冷的月光俯瞰着它，紫杉树张开巨大的枝干，庇护着沉睡的人们。
  Far away beyond the pine-woods, there is a little garden. There the grass grows long and deep, there are the great white stars of the hemlock flower, there the nightingale sings all night long. All night long he sings, and the cold crystal moon looks down, and the yew-tree spreads out its giant arms over the sleepers.

Sounds the same

Read yè yīng, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 夜鹰nightjar (nocturnal bird in the family Caprimulgidae)