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鴆

简鸩 · 繁鴆

Mandarin · pinyin zhèn

legendary bird whose feathers can be used as poison
poisonous
to poison sb

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鸩: zhèn · a bird resembling the secretary falcon

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

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Cantonese word readings for 鴆. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.

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(Chinese mythology) the zhen (a hawk-like, snake-eating bird with poisonous feathers, which is based on Pitohui spp. or Spilornis cheela)
poisonous
to poison
poison

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