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老鹰

lǎo yīng

2-character word Traditional 老鷹

What 老鹰 means

1. colloquialeagle; hawk; any similar bird of prey

The characters in 老鹰

• 老lǎoprefix used before the surname of a person or a numeral indicating the order of birth of…
• 鹰yīnggeneral term for a bird of prey (eagle, hawk or falcon etc)

Example sentences

• 老鹰不会去抓苍蝇。
  Lǎoyīng bù huì qù zhuā cāngying.
  The eagle does not catch flies.
• 那只鸟的体积有半只老鹰那么大。
  Nà zhǐ niǎo de tǐjī yǒu bàn zhǐ lǎoyīng nàme dà.
  The bird was half the size of a hawk.
• 那只鸟的体积有半只老鹰那幺大。
  The bird was half the size of a hawk.

Words starting with 老鹰

• 老鹰星云Lǎo yīng Xīng yúnEagle Nebula, aka Star Queen Nebula, M16