鶉（鶉）chún （鵪鶉） quail: ～ 之奔奔，鵲之強強。 Boldly faithful in their pairings are quails;/ Vigo￣rously so are magpies.
◆鶉衣 [書] ragged clothes; 鶉衣百結(jié) as ragged as a quail's tail — be dressed in miserable rags and tatters; ragged clothes (with many patches); bedrag￣gled dress like a beggar's; One's clothes are (all) in tatters.; shabbily dressed; ragged and patched clothing |