长生鸟,即传说中的凤凰(Chinese phoenix/phoenix),亦称为朱鸟、丹鸟、火鸟、鹍鸡等,又叫不死鸟、火之鸟、长生鸟、火烈鸟,是传说中的一种瑞鸟,是四灵之一,百禽之王。凤凰和麒麟一样,是雌雄统称,雄为凤,雌为凰,其总称为凤凰。凤凰齐飞,是吉祥和谐的象征。它跟龙的形象一样,愈往后愈复杂,有了鸿头、麟臀、蛇颈、鱼尾、龙纹、龟躯、燕颔、鸡喙。自古以来凤凰就成了中华民族文化中的重要组成部分。
misc. Arabian bird
该党像长生鸟一样,从选举惨败的灰烬中重新崛起。
The party had risen, like a phoenix, from the ashes of electoral disaster.
“现在这只鸟,”他会这样说,“可能有两百岁了,霍金斯——它们多半长生不老,要是有谁见到的伤天害理事比它们多,那一定是魔鬼自己了。”
"Now, that bird," he would say, "is, maybe, two hundred years old, Hawkins — they live forever mostly; and if anybody's seen more wickedness, it must be the devil himself."
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