(n) (1) (uk) swallow (bird of the Hirundinidae family)
martin
(2) barn swallow (Hirundo rustica)
(3) younger man involved with an older woman
(P)
(n) (1) (uk) swift (any bird of family Apodidae)
(2) fork-tailed swift (Apus pacificus)
(n) small birds
(n) (obsc) swift's nest (used to make bird's nest soup)
edible bird's nest
(n) (obsc) swift's nest (used to make bird's nest soup)
edible bird's nest
(n) (1) (uk) wild oat (Avena fatua)
wild oats
(2) oat (Avena sativa)
oats
(n) (1) (uk) wild oat (Avena fatua)
wild oats
(2) oat (Avena sativa)
oats
(n) swift's nest (used to make bird's nest soup)
(n) (uk) storm petrel (any bird of family Hydrobatidae)
(n) (uk) Asian house martin (species of songbird, Delichon dasypus)
(n) (uk) swiftlet
(n) (1) (uk) purple martin (bird) (Progne subis)
(2) powdered oakblue (butterfly) (Narathura bazalus)
(n) swallow in flight
(n) (1) swallow's nest
(2) (food) swift's nest (used to make bird's nest soup)
(n) (uk) rabbitear iris (Iris laevigata)
(n) (MA) Yangqingquan
Yangqing Fist
(n) small Indian pratincole (bird) (Glareola lactea)
large Indian pratincole (Glareola maldivarus)
(n) tailcoat
(n) (MA) Tiger Swallow Fist
(n) (1) red-rumped swallow (Hirundo daurica)
(2) striated swallow (Hirundo striolata)
(n) young lover of an older woman
(n) (uk) common house martin (species of songbird, Delichon urbica)
(n) (uk) diving petrel (esp. the common diving petrel, Pelecanoides urinatrix)
(n) (uk) rocket larkspur (Consolida ajacis)
(n) (uk) house swift (Apus nipalensis)
(n) (uk) European storm petrel (Hydrobates pelagicus)
(exp) How can a small bird (a sparrow, a petty person) understand the aspirations of a great bird (a phoenix)
Only a hero can understand a hero
(n) (uk) white-throated needletail (species of swift, Hirundapus caudacutus)
(n) (uk) common (Eurasian) swift (Apus apus)
(n) (uk) white-rumped swift (Apus caffer)