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(voice. The birds hummed. Original meaning: waterfowl snipe)
Synonymy [snipe]
Snipe, kingfisher. Know that it will rain. -"Shuo Wen"
Know astronomers, crows. -Book of Rites
Like quails, snipes are pale in color and have long mouths. The sound of snipe in the mud is transformed from chickens and quails of villagers in Tian Yun. Su Qin's so-called stalemate, that is. -Compendium of Materia Medica
The clam is exposed, while the snipe pecks at its meat. -"Warring States Policy"
Another example: snipe (the sound of water snipe); Snipe crown (snipe hair crown. In ancient times, it was the crown of astronomers.
A general term for most birds of the snipe family [Tatler]. One of several game birds (Capella Capella), similar to a woodchuck, but smaller, with a very slender mouth, which is used to insert into mud to find worms and other food, and the upper body is usually mixed with black and brown; The skin is yellow and chestnut with horizontal spots on the tail and side.
The two sides disagreed and fought like kilkenny cats, which made the third party take advantage.
overtly agree but covertly oppose
Two dogs fought over a bone, and the third dog ran away with the bone in his mouth; One side is a loser] metaphor for both sides for profit, mutual concessions. As a result, both sides lost, but the third party benefited.