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飞禽走兽

fēiqínzǒushòu

birds and beasts; all kinds of animals

A red bird on a branch and a deer under green trees
Memory picture

Characters in this word

飞 fēi

Strokes
3
Radical
飞 — to fly, to dart
How it's built
Pictograph — a drawing of the thing

禽 qín

Strokes
12
Radical
禸 — rump
Made of
人 man, person 离 rare beast
How it's built
Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
More about the character 禽

走 zǒu

Strokes
7
Radical
走 — to walk, to run, to flee
Made of
土 soil, earth 止 to stop, to halt
How it's built
Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts

兽 shòu

Strokes
11
Radical
丷 — horns
How it's built
Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
More about the character 兽

Example phrases

  • 动物园里有各种飞禽走兽,孩子们看得眼花缭乱。 Dòngwùyuán lǐ yǒu gè zhǒng fēiqínzǒushòu, háizimen kàn de yǎnhuā liáoluàn. The zoo has all kinds of birds and beasts, and the children were dazzled.
  • 森林里住着各种各样的飞禽走兽。 Sēnlín lǐ zhù zhe gè zhǒng gè yàng de fēiqínzǒushòu. All kinds of birds and beasts live in the forest.
  • 这幅古画里画满了飞禽走兽和花草树木。 Zhè fú gǔ huà lǐ huà mǎn le fēiqínzǒushòu hé huācǎo shùmù. This old painting is full of birds, beasts, flowers and trees.

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