鳴 míng

cry of bird or animal; make sound

DEFINITIONS

  • cry of bird or animal
  • make sound
  • to cry (of birds, animals and insects)
  • to make a sound
  • to voice (one's gratitude, grievance etc)

WORDS

鳴鐘 míng zhōng to toll a bell
鳴鑼 míng luó to beat a gong
鳴鑼開道 míng luó kāi dào to beat the gong to clear the way; (fig.) to pave the way for sth
鳴鳥 míng niǎo songbird
鳴鳩 míng jiū turtledove
黃鐘譭棄瓦釜雷鳴 huáng zhōng huǐ qì wǎ fǔ léi míng lit. earthern pots make more noise than classical bells; good men are discarded in favor of bombastic ones (idiom)
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