鹯  
zhān  
名  
1. 猛禽名。亦称晨风。是一种类似于鸡的鸟,体色青黄色,主要捕食鸠、鸽、燕、雀等小鸟。  
   (English: A type of raptor, also known as "morning wind", resembling a chicken, yellowish-green in color, feeding on doves, pigeons, swallows, and sparrows.) 
引  
1. 《左传·文公十八年》:见无礼于其君者,诛之,如鹰鹯之逐鸟雀也。  
   (Reference: "Zuo Zhuan, Year 18 of Duke Wen": Those who are disrespectful to their lord should be punished, just like the eagle and the zhān chasing after birds and sparrows.)  
例  
如: 鹯雀 (鹯鸟追逐麻雀, 比喻诛除奸恶); 鹯视 (象鹯鸟贪视燕雀, 比喻贪求)  
(Example: zhān sparrow (the zhān bird chases sparrows, metaphorically meaning to eliminate evil); zhān sight (like the zhān bird greedily eyeing swallows, metaphorically meaning to greedily seek).)