Definition
莺 (yīng) is a bound form (b.f.) referring to a type of songbird like the oriole or warbler. It appears almost exclusively in literary or compound words and set phrases — never alone. Common compounds include 黄莺 (yellow oriole) and the idiom 莺歌燕舞 (oriole singing, swallows dancing — a vivid image of spring or prosperity). The character is a simplified variant of 鶯.
b.f.
(bound form) oriolewarbler (a type of songbird)(in idioms) a symbol of spring or liveliness
Examples
- ，莺。Chūntiān lái le, huáng yīng zài shù shàng chànggē.Spring has come; the yellow orioles are singing in the trees.
- 莺。Zhè fú huà miáohuì le yīng gē yàn wǔ de jǐngxiàng.This painting depicts a scene of orioles singing and swallows dancing.
- 莺。Gǔshī zhōng cháng chūxiàn huángyīng de yìxiàng.The image of the yellow oriole often appears in classical poetry.
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