杜鹃 (dù juān): Meaning, Examples & Usage
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杜鹃
杜鹃
(dù juān): Cuckoo (bird) (noun) — Meaning & Stroke Order
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杜 • dù • birch-leaf pear (a type of tree)
dù
杜
birch-leaf pear (a type of tree)
鹃 • juān • cuckoo
juān
鹃
cuckoo
Words Sharing Characters
More common words that include characters from 杜鹃.
Words with
杜
杜绝
dù jué
stop; completely eradicate; put an end to
杜撰
dù zhuàn
fabricate, make up
杜鹃花
dù juān huā
azalea; rhododendron
防微杜渐
fáng wēi dù jiàn
To nip problems in the bud; to take precautions against small signs of trouble before they develop into major issues.
Words with
鹃
啼鹃
tí juān
crying cuckoo (literary)
杜鹃花
dù juān huā
azalea; rhododendron
4.
Example Sentences with 杜鹃
chūn
春
tiān
天
lái
来
le
了
，
dù
杜
juān
鹃
zài
在
shù
树
shàng
上
chàng
唱
gē
歌
。
Spring has come, and the cuckoo is singing in the tree.
dù
杜
juān
鹃
shì
是
yī
一
zhǒng
种
hòu
候
niǎo
鸟
，
měi
dù
杜
juān
鹃
de
的
jiào
叫
shēng
声
cháng
常
cháng
常
bèi
被
shī
每
nián
年
chūn
春
tiān
天
cóng
从
nán
南
fāng
方
fēi
飞
huí
回
lái
来
。
The cuckoo is a migratory bird that flies back from the south every spring.
诗
rén
人
yòng
用
lái
来
biǎo
表
dá
达
sī
思
xiāng
乡
zhī
之
qíng
情
。
The cuckoo's call is often used by poets to express homesickness.
