green pheasant (Phasianus versicolor); Japanese pheasant
green pheasant (Phasianus versicolor); Japanese pheasant
avoiding unnecessary talk can prevent disaster falling on one; there is safety in silence; (lit.) the pheasant would not be shot but for its cries
Oriental turtle dove (Streptopelia orientalis); eastern turtle dove; rufous turtledove
Hakuchi era (650.2.15-654.10.?)
brown tabby; brown-speckled cat
flute used to lure green pheasants (imitates the pheasant's song)
Phasianidae (pheasant family of birds)
common pheasant (Phasianus colchicus); ring-necked pheasant
parents may risk life and limb for their children (like a pheasant when the plains are burning or a crane on a cold night)
Galliformes; galliform order of birds
red-spotted grouper (species of fish, Epinephelus akaara); Hong Kong grouper