鹬蚌相争 | yù bàng xiāng zhēng | lit. sandpiper and clam war together (and the fisherman catches both) (idiom); fig. neighbors who can't agree lose out to a third party | |
丘鹬 | qiū yù | (bird species of China) Eurasian woodcock (Scolopax rusticola) | |
红脚鹬 | hóng jiǎo yù | (bird species of China) common redshank (Tringa totanus) | |
泽鹬 | zé yù | (bird species of China) marsh sandpiper (Tringa stagnatilis) | |
长趾滨鹬 | cháng zhǐ bīn yù | (bird species of China) long-toed stint (Calidris subminuta) |
1 | Plovers, curlews, and dozens of species of songbirds breed here. | |
2 | The knots, it turns out, aren't getting enough horseshoe crab eggs to eat. | |
3 | Scientists have been counting knots in their Argentine winter quarters. | |
4 | The zoo received a male and a female kiwi in 1968 as a gift from the New Zealand government. | |
5 | Imagine that there is some activity - say, snipe hunting - that members of Congress want to encourage. |