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布穀鳥

bou3 guk1 niu5

bu4 gu3 niao3

a cuckoo (bird) | also seen as 布谷鳥

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This term is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

布穀鳥

This word was added by bybell on 5th Apr 2006 and last edited on 30th Oct 2008

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布 bou3 bu4 - cloth; textiles
穀 guk1 huk6 gau3 yu4 hu2 gou4 gu3 - [1] corn; grain; cereals [2] lucky; happy; fav
鳥 niu5 diao3 niao3 jue2 dao3 - bird (long tailed)

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