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Meaning of 鸩

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(Trad.: 鴆)
Pinyin: zhèn
English Definition: legendary bird whose feathers can be used as poison; poisonous; to poison sb
Chinese Definition:
①传说中的一种毒鸟。把它的羽毛放在酒里,可以毒杀人。
②用鸩的羽毛泡成的毒酒:鸩酒。饮鸩止渴。
③用毒酒害人。
Total strokes: 9; Radical:
Pictophonetic: indicates the sound; (bird) conveys the meaning.
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Example Words
饮鸩止渴 yǐn zhèn zhǐ lit. drinking poison in the hope of quenching one's thirst (idiom); fig. a supposed remedy that only makes matters worse
鸩羽 zhèn the poisonous feathers of the legendary bird Zhen
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Example Sentences
1
The salt water I am drinking taste like tears.
2
Another walk, another dance with him.
3
My sense, as though of hemlock I had drunk.
4
My sense, as though of hemlock I had drunk.
5
The fear of death turnei all my food into poison.