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| Processed by: | goldyn_chyld (2016-01-05 17:02:48 GMT) |
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<< review queue entry 57185 - submitted by 'richwarm' >> trad 穀 – see K LA M A 杜鵑科家族有一分支被稱做「杜鵑亞科」，叮嚀農家「布穀！」的聲音，出自它們口中。 Some members of a subfamily of the cuckoos, the Cuculinae, are always telling Chinese farmers to "Sow grain! Sow grain!" (bu gu). 屬於杜鵑科的「筒鳥」路過此地，準備飛往北方，也將枯樹當成遙遠路途中的歇息站，牠們類似布穀鳥的「布布！布布！」叫聲，一陣陣迴響在夏日的山間。 When the oriental cuckoo passes through on its way north, it stops in Taiwan for a short rest, and one hears its "koo koo" call echoing through the summer mountains. 看來只要抓住杜鵑基本聲調，再投射進人們的心聲與語言，出現「布穀」與「不如歸去」，實在不算什麼！ Thus it seems that people everywhere merely project their own words and desires onto the intonation of the cuckoo's song. So it is nothing remarkable if in China it is heard as "Sow grain" or "Better go back." |
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- 布谷 布谷 [bu4 gu3] /(onom.) cuckoo/ + 布穀 布谷 [bu4 gu3] /cuckoo/ |