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愛惜羽毛 爱惜羽毛 [[ai4xi1-yu3mao2]] /(idiom) to cherish one's reputation/ 757 2
暗渡陳倉 暗渡陈仓 [an4 du4 Chen2 cang1] /lit. secretly crossing the Wei River 渭河[Wei4 He2] at Chencang (idiom, refers to a stratagem used by Liu Bang 劉邦|刘邦[Liu2 Bang1] in 206 BC against Xiang Yu 項羽|项羽[Xiang4 Yu3] of Chu)/fig. to feign one thing while doing another/to cheat under cover of a diversion/ 4949 1
柏崎刈羽 柏崎刈羽 [Bai3 qi2 Yi4 yu3] /Kashiwasaki Kariwa, site of Japanese nuclear power plant near Niigata 新潟/ 6959 1
板羽球 板羽球 [ban3 yu3 qiu2] /battledore and shuttlecock/shuttlecock/ 7121 1
茶經 茶经 [Cha2 jing1] /the Classic of Tea, first monograph ever on tea and its culture, written by 陸羽|陆羽[Lu4 Yu3] between 760-780/ 5289 1
楚漢戰爭 楚汉战争 [Chu3 Han4 Zhan4 zheng1] /Chu-Han Contention (206-202 BC), power struggle between Liu Bang 劉邦|刘邦[Liu2 Bang1] of Han and Xiang Yu 項羽|项羽[Xiang4 Yu3] of Chu/ 4833 1
黨羽 党羽 [dang3 yu3] /henchmen/ 7070 1
放射性煙羽 放射性烟羽 [fang4 she4 xing4 yan1 yu3] /radiation plume/ 7121 1
宮商角徵羽 宫商角徵羽 [gong1 shang1 jue2 zhi3 yu3] /pre-Tang names of the five notes of the pentatonic scale, corresponding roughly to do, re, mi, sol, la/ 6410 1
關公 关公 [Guan1 gong1] /Lord Guan (i.e. 關羽|关羽[Guan1 Yu3])/ 4545 1
關羽 关羽 [Guan1 Yu3] /Guan Yu (-219), general of Shu and blood-brother of Liu Bei in Romance of the Three Kingdoms, fearsome fighter famous for virtue and loyalty/posthumously worshipped and identified with the guardian Bodhisattva Sangharama/ 6610 1
關云長 关云长 [Guan1 Yun2 chang2] /courtesy name of 關羽|关羽[Guan1 Yu3]/ 4319 1
國際羽毛球聯合會 国际羽毛球联合会 [Guo2 ji4 Yu3 mao2 qiu2 Lian2 he2 hui4] /International Badminton Federation/ 7053 1
鴻門宴 鸿门宴 [Hong2 men2 yan4] /Hongmen feast/(fig.) banquet set up with the aim of murdering a guest/refers to a famous episode in 206 BC when future Han emperor Liu Bang 劉邦|刘邦[Liu2 Bang1] escaped attempted murder by his rival Xiang Yu 項羽|项羽[Xiang4 Yu3]/ 2020 1
換羽 换羽 [huan4 yu3] /to molt/to change feathers/ 6633 1
卷羽鵜鶘 卷羽鹈鹕 [[juan3yu3 ti2hu2]] /(bird species of China) Dalmatian pelican (Pelecanus crispus)/ 972 2
陸羽 陆羽 [Lu4 Yu3] /Lu Yu (733-804), Chinese writer from Tang dynasty, known for his obsession with tea/ 5289 1
明修棧道,暗渡陳倉 明修栈道,暗渡陈仓 [ming2 xiu1 zhan4 dao4 , an4 du4 Chen2 cang1] /lit. repair the plank road by day while secretly crossing the Wei River 渭河[Wei4 He2] at Chencang (idiom, refers to a stratagem used by Liu Bang 劉邦|刘邦[Liu2 Bang1] in 206 BC against Xiang Yu 項羽|项羽[Xiang4 Yu3] of Chu)/fig. to feign one thing while doing another/to cheat under cover of a diversion/ 4949 1
霓裳 霓裳 [Ni2 chang2] /Nichang, abbr. for the Tang Dynasty song "Raiment of Rainbows and Feathers" 霓裳羽衣曲[Ni2 chang2 yu3 yi1 qu1] or 霓裳羽衣舞[Ni2 chang2 yu3 yi1 wu3]/ 5912 1
鳥羽 鸟羽 [niao3 yu3] /pinion/ 7121 1
龐德 庞德 [Pang2 De2] /Pang De (-219), general of Cao Wei at the start of the Three Kingdoms period, victor over Guan Yu 關羽|关羽/Pound (name)/Ezra Pound (1885-1972), American poet and translator/ 6636 1
鎩羽 铩羽 [[sha1yu3]] /(literary) (lit.) to cripple the wings of a bird/(literary) (fig.) depressed; despondent; defeated/ 701 2
鎩羽而歸 铩羽而归 [[sha1yu3er2gui1]] /(idiom) to return in low spirits following a defeat or failure to achieve one's ambitions/ 701 2
身披羽毛 身披羽毛 [shen1 pi1 yu3 mao2] /feathered/ 7012 1
蓑羽鶴 蓑羽鹤 [[suo1yu3he4]] /(bird species of China) demoiselle crane (Grus virgo)/ 971 2
桃園三結義 桃园三结义 [Tao2 yuan2 San1 Jie2 yi4] /Oath of the Peach Garden, sworn by Liu Bei 劉備|刘备[Liu2 Bei4], Zhang Fei 張飛|张飞[Zhang1 Fei1] and Guan Yu 關羽|关羽[Guan1 Yu3] at the start of the Romance of Three Kingdoms 三國演義|三国演义[San1 guo2 Yan3 yi4]/ 5049 1
脫羽 脱羽 [tuo1 yu3] /to shed feathers/to molt (of birds)/ 6596 1
威鳳一羽 威凤一羽 [wei1 feng4 yi1 yu3] /lit. one phoenix feather; fig. a glimpse that reveals the whole/ 6862 1
尾羽 尾羽 [wei3 yu3] /tail feathers/ 6634 1
尾羽龍 尾羽龙 [wei3 yu3 long2] /caudipteryx (a feathered dinosaur)/ 7012 1
無顏見江東父老 无颜见江东父老 [wu2 yan2 jian4 Jiang1 dong1 fu4 lao3] /(idiom) to be unable to return to one's hometown due to the shame of failure (originally referred to Xiang Yu 項羽|项羽[Xiang4 Yu3], who chose not to retreat to Jiangdong after his humiliating defeat)/ 2844 1
五虎將 五虎将 [Wu3 hu3 jiang4] /Liu Bei's five great generals in Romance of the Three Kingdoms, namely: Guan Yu 關羽|关羽, Zhang Fei 張飛|张飞, Zhao Yun 趙雲|赵云, Ma Chao 馬超|马超, Huang Zhong 黃忠|黄忠/ 6583 1
武聖 武圣 [Wu3 Sheng4] /the Saint of War (i.e. the deified Guan Yu 關羽|关羽[Guan1 Yu3])/ 5062 1
項羽 项羽 [Xiang4 Yu3] /Xiang Yu the Conqueror (232-202 BC), warlord defeated by first Han emperor/ 4949 1
[yu3] /feather/5th note in pentatonic scale/ 6058 1
羽緞 羽缎 [yu3 duan4] /camlet (silk fabric)/ 6646 1
羽冠 羽冠 [yu3 guan1] /feathered crest (of bird)/ 6646 1
羽化 羽化 [yu3 hua4] /levitation (of Daoist immortal)/to become as light as a feather and ascend to heaven/(in Daoism) to become immortal/to die/of winged insects, to emerge from the cocoon in adult form/eclosion/ 6398 1
羽莖 羽茎 [yu3 jing1] /quill/ 7121 1
羽客 羽客 [yu3 ke4] /Daoist priest/ 6646 1
羽裂 羽裂 [yu3 lie4] /pinnation (splitting of leaves into lobes)/ 6646 1
羽林 羽林 [yu3 lin2] /armed escort/ 6646 1
羽流 羽流 [yu3 liu2] /plume/ 7121 1
羽毛 羽毛 [yu3 mao2] /feather/plumage/plume/ 7121 1
羽毛筆 羽毛笔 [yu3 mao2 bi3] /quill pen/ 6543 1
羽毛緞 羽毛缎 [yu3 mao2 duan4] /camlet (silk fabric)/ 6646 1
羽毛球 羽毛球 [yu3 mao2 qiu2] /badminton/shuttlecock/ 1049 1
羽毛球場 羽毛球场 [yu3 mao2 qiu2 chang3] /badminton court/ 6576 1
羽涅 羽涅 [yu3 nie4] /alumen/alunite (TCM)/ 5018 1
羽球 羽球 [yu3 qiu2] /badminton/shuttlecock/ 1049 1
羽絨 羽绒 [yu3 rong2] /down (soft feathers)/ 6974 1
羽鰓鮐 羽鳃鲐 [yu3 sai1 tai2] /Indian mackerel/ 6211 1
羽田 羽田 [Yu3 tian2] /Haneda (one of the two main airports serving Tokyo)/ 2778 1
羽尾袋鼯 羽尾袋鼯 [yu3 wei3 dai4 wu2] /feathertail glider (Acrobates pygmaeus)/ 2955 1
羽衣甘藍 羽衣甘蓝 [yu3 yi1 gan1 lan2] /kale/ 2501 1
羽翼 羽翼 [yu3 yi4] /wing/(fig.) assistant/ 5399 1
羽翼豐滿 羽翼丰满 [yu3 yi4 feng1 man3] /fully fledged/ 6898 1
羽狀複葉 羽状复叶 [yu3 zhuang4 fu4 ye4] /bipinnate leaf (in phyllotaxy)/ 6651 1
羽族 羽族 [yu3 zu2] /birds/ 4183 1
羽絨服 羽绒服 [[yu3rong2fu2]] /down jacket; down coat/ 45 2
鴆羽 鸩羽 [zhen4 yu3] /the poisonous feathers of the legendary bird Zhen 鴆|鸩/ 6956 1

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