杜鹃 (dù juān) — cuckoo (bird, Cuculus); azalea (flower)

Definition

杜鹃 is two unrelated things sharing one name: the cuckoo bird (heard in spring) and the azalea flower (blooms red in gardens). Don't mix them up — context tells you which.

noun

cuckoo (bird, Cuculus)azalea (flower)

Measure word · 只

Examples

，杜鹃。
Chūn tiān de shí hou, wǒ tīng dào le dù juān de jiào shēng.
In spring, I heard the call of a cuckoo.
杜鹃。
Gōng yuán lǐ kāi mǎn le hóng sè de dù juān.
The park is full of red azaleas in bloom.
杜鹃。
Zhè zhǒng dù juān niǎo zài nán fāng hěn cháng jiàn.
This kind of cuckoo bird is very common in the south.

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