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白腰杓鹬

bái yāo sháo yù

4-character word Traditional 白腰杓鷸

What 白腰杓鹬 means

1. (bird species of China) Eurasian curlew (Numenius arquata)

The characters in 白腰杓鹬

• 白báiwhite; snowy; pure
• 腰yāothe waist and lower back; (bound form) kidney of an animal (as food)…
• 杓biāo(literary) handle of a spoon or ladle; (literary) collective name for the three stars…
• 鹬yùcommon snipe; sandpiper

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