鹯
zhān
名
1. 猛禽名。亦称晨风。是一种类似于鸡的鸟,体色青黄色,主要捕食鸠、鸽、燕、雀等小鸟。
(English: A type of raptor, also known as "morning wind", resembling a chicken, yellowish-green in color, feeding on doves, pigeons, swallows, and sparrows.)
引
1. 《左传·文公十八年》:见无礼于其君者,诛之,如鹰鹯之逐鸟雀也。
(Reference: "Zuo Zhuan, Year 18 of Duke Wen": Those who are disrespectful to their lord should be punished, just like the eagle and the zhān chasing after birds and sparrows.)
例
如: 鹯雀 (鹯鸟追逐麻雀, 比喻诛除奸恶); 鹯视 (象鹯鸟贪视燕雀, 比喻贪求)
(Example: zhān sparrow (the zhān bird chases sparrows, metaphorically meaning to eliminate evil); zhān sight (like the zhān bird greedily eyeing swallows, metaphorically meaning to greedily seek).)