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橙胸绿鸠

chéng xiōng lǜ jiū

4-character word Traditional 橙胸綠鳩

What 橙胸绿鸠 means

1. (bird species of China) orange-breasted green pigeon (Treron bicinctus)

The characters in 橙胸绿鸠

• 橙chéngorange tree; orange (color)
• 胸xiōngchest; bosom; heart
• 绿lǜgreen; (slang) (derived from 绿帽子
• 鸠jiūturtledove; (literary) to gather

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