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- rhinoceros
- rhinoceros
- sharp, well-tempered
- sharp
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Words containing 犀
- 犀利sai1 lei6
sharp
- 犀牛sai1 ngau4
rhinoceros
- 犀角sai1 gok3
a rhinoceros horn
- 木犀muk6 sai1
osmanthus
- 靈犀ling4 sai1
rhinoceros horn, reputed to confer telepathic powers
- 犀飛利sai1 fei1 lei2
impressive; amazing (spoken)
- 白犀baak6 sai1
white rhinoceros [written colloquial]
- 犀鳥sai1 niu5
hornbill
- 犀利啦sai1 lei6 la1
- 唔犀利m4 sai1 lei6
- 靈犀相通ling4 sai1 soeng1 tung1
kindred spirits
- 犀利犀利sai1 lei6 sai1 lei6
- 犀利犀利sai1 lei6 sai1 lei6
- 木犀肉muk6 sai1 juk6
see 木須肉|木须肉[mu4 xu1 rou4]
- 雙角犀soeng1 gok3 sai1
two-horned rhinoceros
- 心有靈犀sam1 jau5 ling4 sai1
of the same mind
- 雙角犀鳥soeng1 gok3 sai1 niu5
(bird species of China) great hornbill (Buceros bicornis)
- 白喉犀鳥baak6 hau4 sai1 niu5
(bird species of China) Austen's brown hornbill (Anorrhinus austeni)
- 犀鳩利sai1 gau1 lei6
- 棕頸犀鳥zung1 geng2 sai1 niu5
(bird species of China) rufous-necked hornbill (Aceros nipalensis)
- 好犀利啊hou2 sai1 lei6 aa3
- 靈犀一點通ling4 sai1 jat1 dim2 tung1
mental rapport
- 冠斑犀鳥gun1 baan1 sai1 niu5
(bird species of China) oriental pied hornbill (Anthracoceros albirostris)
- 心有靈犀一點通sam1 jau5 ling4 sai1 jat1 dim2 tung1
hearts linked as one, just as the proverbial rhinoceros communicates emotion telepathically through his single horn (idiom); fig. two hearts beat as one