What does pecking mean?

Word information word peck

Pinyin zhuó shí

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(birds) eat with their mouths.

And the footsteps are silent, birds peck, and people don't go. -Gui Youguang's "Xuanzhi of Ji Xiang"

detailed description

1, birds feed with their mouths.

Tang Li Bai's poem "Flying to the Phoenix": "Spring is harmonious, and the sun is warm. Pecking spring is full of courage and it is difficult to be a hero. " The fourth chapter of History of Eastern Zhou Dynasty: "Uncle Ying Kao said to him,' This bird is named after the owl, but it can see Mount Tai by day and autumn by night, which is clear and dark. Mother fed her when she was a child and pecked her when she grew up. This is an unfilial bird, so she caught it and ate it. "Li Shuyu, Fu Huiquan, Liu Hong, Huang Qing, is the chief": "Dirty accumulation, smelly smoke, flies flying like fog; Count the bones of the horse, the collar will crack, and then the crow will peck into an elk. " Lu Xun's "Morning Flowers from the Specimen Garden to the Moon in the Three Tans": "Set up a big bamboo curtain with a short stick, sprinkle some chaff under it, tie a long rope on the stick, and people will hold it at a distance and watch the birds come down to peck."

2, generally refers to eating, eating.

Han's "Sense of Deficiency in Balance": "God gives gas, and the landlord produces it. Those who can peck at leaves are born in the ground, not in the sky. "