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green pheasant (Phasianus versicolor); Japanese green pheasant

green pheasant; Japanese green pheasant

brown tabby cat

Proverb

avoiding unnecessary talk can prevent disaster falling on one; there is safety in silence; the pheasant would not be shot but for its cries

Oriental turtle dove (Streptopelia orientalis); rufous turtle dove

Asparagus schoberioides

red-spotted grouper (species of fish, Epinephelus akaara); Hong Kong grouper

Rare term

flute used to lure green pheasants (imitates the pheasant's song)

brown tabby; brown-speckled cat

Hakuchi era (650.2.15-654.10.?)

common pheasant (Phasianus colchicus); ring-necked pheasant

Phasianidae (pheasant family of birds)

Galliformes; galliform order of birds

Rare term

parents may risk life and limb for their children (like a pheasant when the plains are burning or a crane on a cold night)