legendary bird whose feathers can be used as poison
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鸩 is a 9 stroke, simplified Chinese character and is pronounced as zhèn in the fourth tone.
In traditional Chinese the character 鴆 is used.
It is made up of the components 冘 (to move on) and 鸟 (bird).
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Pronunciation
We found 1 pronunciation for 鸩
Definitions for 鸩 pronounced as zhèn
- legendary bird whose feathers can be used as poison
- poisonous
- to poison sb
Vocabulary
The most common words for 鸩 — see all
- lit. drinking poison in the hope of quenching one's thirst (idiom)
- fig. a supposed remedy that only makes matters worse
- the poisonous feathers of the legendary bird Zhen 鴆|鸩