鸟（鳥）niǎo

❶ （脊椎动物的一纲） bird: 雏 ～ baby bird; nestling; 害 ～ harmful [destructive, pernicious] bird; 留 ～ resident (bird); 神 ～ mythical bird; 笨 ～ 先飞。 Clumsy birds have to start flying early. ～ 儿在树顶快乐地歌唱。 The birds chirp merrily at the top of the tree.
❷ （姓氏） a surname: ～ 明 Niao Ming
另见 see also diǎo。
◆鸟巢 bird nest; bird's nest; 鸟笛[哨] birdcall; 鸟粪 ornithocopros; nute; guano （海鸟类）; birds droppings; 鸟害 birds trouble; 鸟喙 bill; neb; 鸟尽弓藏 cast aside the bow once the birds are gone — cast sb. aside when he has served his purpose; The bows and arrows are put away when there are no more birds to shoot — kick out sb. after his services are no longer needed.; 鸟瞰 look down from above; get [have] a bird's-eye view; general survey of a subject; bird's-eye view; 鸟类 birds; 鸟类学 ornithology; 鸟笼 birdcage; mew; 鸟毛 plume; 鸟枪 fowling piece;birding piece; air gun; 鸟枪换炮 change a fowling piece for a big gun; Conditions [Situations] are becoming better and better.; 鸟群 bery；
鸟舍 aviary; bird house; 鸟兽 birds and beasts; fur and feather; 鸟窝 birds-nest; shed; 鸟学 ornithology；
鸟语花香 birds' twitter and fragrance of flowers — an idyllic scene; Birds sing and flowers give forth their fragrance — characterizing a fine spring day.; singing birds and fragrant flowers; songs of birds and scent of flowers; 鸟篆 bird script, an ancient form of Chinese written characters, resembling birds' footprints; 鸟嘴 beak; bill; rostrum