Usage of the character 犀
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犀
[犀]
- rhinoceros
- sharp
xīniǎo
犀鸟
[犀鳥]
- hornbill
xīniú
犀牛
[犀牛]
- rhinoceros
língxī
灵犀
[靈犀]
- rhinoceros horn, reputed to confer telepathic powers
- fig. mutual sensitivity
- tacit exchange of romantic feelings
- a meeting of minds
mùxi
木犀
[木犀]
- osmanthus
xīlì
犀利
[犀利]
- sharp
- incisive
- penetrating
mùxiròu
木犀肉
[木犀肉]
- pork and scrambled eggs
shuāngjiǎoxī
双角犀
[雙角犀]
- two-horned rhinoceros
- Dicerorhinini
shuāngjiǎoxīniǎo
双角犀鸟
[雙角犀鳥]
- (bird species of China) great hornbill (Buceros bicornis)
zōngjǐngxīniǎo
棕颈犀鸟
[棕頸犀鳥]
- (bird species of China) rufous-necked hornbill (Aceros nipalensis)
língxīxiāngtōng
灵犀相通
[靈犀相通]
- kindred spirits
báihóuxīniǎo
白喉犀鸟
[白喉犀鳥]
- (bird species of China) white-throated brown hornbill (Anorrhinus austeni)
guānbānxīniǎo
冠斑犀鸟
[冠斑犀鳥]
- (bird species of China) oriental pied hornbill (Anthracoceros albirostris)
língxīyīdiǎntōng
灵犀一点通
[靈犀一點通]
- mental rapport
- likeness of mind
- spiritual link
huāguānzhòukuīxīniǎo
花冠皱盔犀鸟
[花冠皺盔犀鳥]
- (bird species of China) wreathed hornbill (Rhyticeros undulatus)
xīnyǒulíngxīyīdiǎntōng
心有灵犀一点通
[心有靈犀一點通]
- hearts linked as one, just as the proverbial rhinoceros communicates emotion telepathically through his single horn (idiom); fig. two hearts beat as one