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Meaning of 鸠

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(Trad.: 鳩)
Pinyin: jiū
English Definition: turtledove; (literary) to gather
Chinese Definition:
①鸟,鸠鸽科部分种类的统称:鸠形鹄面(形容人因饥饿而很瘦的样子)。鸠杖(古代头上刻有鸠形之杖,年始七十者,由政府授给)。
②聚集:鸠合(亦作“纠合”)。鸠集(亦作“纠集”)。
Total strokes: 7; Radical:
Pictophonetic: indicates the sound; (bird) conveys the meaning.
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Example Words
斑鸠 bān jiū turtledove
鹊巢鸠占 què cháo jiū zhàn the magpie made a nest, the turtledove dwells in it (idiom); to reap where one has not sown
鸠山 jiū shān Hatoyama, Japanese name and place name; Hatoyama Yukio (1947-), Japanese Democratic Party politician, prime minister 2009-2010
鸠山由纪夫 jiū shān yóu Hatoyama Yukio (1947-), Japanese Democratic Party politician, prime minister 2009-2010
鸠江区 jiū jiāng Jiujiang district of Wuhu city 芜湖市 , Anhui
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Example Sentences
1
Elsewhere, the mourning dove is a symbol of peace.
2
People sitting on the steps of an illuminated Khaju Bridge at night.
3
Could the Epicurean will hostile to pessimism be merely the prudence of a suffering man?
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The Epicurean philosophers, the Stoic philosophers, again, are very famous schools of philosophy.
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On the contrary, he was aware that many of the bodily pleasures brought with them pain or had painful consequences.