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鸣
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Definitions
- 1. to cry (of birds, animals and insects)
- 2. to make a sound
- 3. to voice (one's gratitude, grievance etc)
Example Sentences
1 shown你耳 鸣 吗？
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Words Containing 鸣
in perfect harmony
thunder rolls
to whinny (of a horse)
where there is injustice, there will be an outcry
to think highly of oneself
idiophone
aerophone (music)
string instrument
Wuming county in Nanning 南寧|南宁[nán níng], Guangxi
throat sound such as choking, donkey's bray etc
to beat the drum and sound the gong (idiom); fig. to order an advance or retreat
birdsong
to beat a gong
see 百花運動|百花运动[bǎi huā yùn dòng]
Screech-owl (genus Megascops, a.k.a. Otus)
to fire warning shots
(idiom) to freely air one's views
sonata
to amaze the world with a single brilliant feat (idiom); an overnight celebrity
lit. earthern pots make more noise than classical bells
songbird
to hoot
a hundred schools of thought contend (idiom); refers to the classical philosophic schools of the Warring States period 475-221 BC
turtledove
sound of an explosion
to tell fox ghost stories around a bonfire and incite rebellion
to beat the drum and sound the gong (idiom); fig. to order an advance or retreat
(physics) to resonate; resonance
to sound the horn
a hundred flowers bloom, a hundred schools of thought contend (idiom); refers to the classical philosophic schools of the Warring States period 475-221 BC, but adopted for Mao's campaign of 1956
to beat the gong to clear the way
to express gratitude (esp. in public)
past one's prime
to contend
It's hard to clap with only one hand.
wheezing
to beat the gong to recall troops (idiom); to order a retreat
to beat the gong to recall troops (idiom); to order a retreat
buzzer
tinnitus
to complain bitterly
chiming clock
crowing like a cock and stealing like a dog (idiom)
Wuming county in Nanning 南寧|南宁[nán níng], Guangxi
to cry out against injustice
to emit a sound
to beat a gong
song of cicadas
(of animals, the wind etc) to make a mournful sound
boom (sound of explosion)
to toll a bell
to utter a mournful cry
extravagant lifestyle
songbird
female chicken crows at daybreak (idiom); a woman usurps authority