鴆 zhèn

a bird resembling the secretary falcon

DEFINITIONS

  • a bird resembling the secretary falcon
  • legendary bird whose feathers can be used as poison
  • poisonous
  • to poison sb

WORDS

飲鴆止渴 yǐn zhèn zhǐ kě lit. drinking poison in the hope of quenching one's thirst (idiom); fig. a supposed remedy that only makes matters worse
鴆羽 zhèn yǔ the poisonous feathers of the legendary bird Zhen 鴆|鸩
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