吐綬雞

简 吐绶鸡 · 繁 吐綬雞
Mandarin · pinyin tǔ shòu jī

Meanings

  1. turkey
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吐
tǔ · vomit, spew out, cough up
綬
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雞
jī · chickens; domestic fowl
绶
shòu · silk ribbon attached as a seal
鸡
jī · chicken
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3–4–1 · tu3 shou4 ji1

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noun

  1. Cabot's tragopan (Tragopan caboti) or Temminck's tragopan (Tragopan temminckii)
  2. turkey

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