Etymology

hwamei

hwa·mei
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Today it means: Either of two passerine birds of the genus Garrulax, family Leiothrichidae, of mainland China and Taiwan. Full definition →

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The story

From Mandarin 畫眉/画眉 (huàméi, “painted eyebrow”).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.