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杜鹃

dù juān

2-character word Traditional 杜鵑

What 杜鹃 means

1. cuckoo (Cercococcyx spp., also written 杜鹃鸟)
2. Indian azalea (Rhododendron simsii Planch, also written 杜鹃花)

The characters in 杜鹃

• 杜dùbirchleaf pear (tree); to stop; to prevent
• 鹃juāncuckoo

Example sentences

• 杜鹃花很漂亮。
  Azaleas are beautiful.
• 植物园内种植了 450 多株杜鹃花，还有枫树、美国榆树和铁杉等树木，用于景观美化。
  The arboretum includes more than 450 azaleas for landscaping, but also trees like maples, American elms, and hemlocks.

Words starting with 杜鹃

• 杜鹃花dù juān huāIndian Azalea (Rhododendron simsii Planch)
• 杜鹃座Dù juān zuòTucana (constellation)
• 杜鹃科dù juān kēCuculidae, bird family including cuckoo 杜鹃鸟
• 杜鹃鸟dù juān niǎocuckoo (Cercococcyx spp.)
• 杜鹃啼血dù juān tí xuèlit. the cuckoo, after its tears are exhausted, continues by weeping blood (idiom)…
• 杜鹃花科dù juān huā kēEricaceae (botany), genus containing rhododendron and azalea

Words containing 杜鹃

• 大杜鹃dà dù juān(bird species of China) common cuckoo (Cuculus canorus)
• 小杜鹃xiǎo dù juān(bird species of China) lesser cuckoo (Cuculus poliocephalus)
• 栗斑杜鹃lì bān dù juān(bird species of China) banded bay cuckoo (Cacomantis sonneratii)
• 棕腹杜鹃zōng fù dù juān(bird species of China) Malaysian hawk-cuckoo (Hierococcyx fugax)
• 北方中杜鹃běi fāng zhōng dù juān(bird species of China) oriental cuckoo (Cuculus optatus)
• 八声杜鹃bā shēng dù juān(bird species of China) plaintive cuckoo (Cacomantis merulinus)
• 四声杜鹃sì shēng dù juān(bird species of China) Indian cuckoo (Cuculus micropterus)
• 喜马拉雅中杜鹃Xǐ mǎ lā yǎ zhōng dù juān(bird species of China) Himalayan cuckoo (Cuculus saturatus)