雨燕

swift / Apodidae (the swift family)

rain / CL:陣|阵[zhen4],場|场[chang2]

(literary) to rain / (of rain, snow etc) to fall / to precipitate / to wet

Yan, a vassal state of Zhou in modern Hebei and Liaoning / north Hebei / the four Yan kingdoms of the Sixteen Kingdoms, namely: Former Yan 前燕[Qian2 Yan1] (337-370), Later Yan 後燕|后燕[Hou4 Yan1] (384-409), Southern Yan 南燕[Nan2 Yan1] (398-410), Northern Yan 北燕[Bei3 Yan1] (409-436) / surname Yan

swallow (family Hirundinidae) / old variant of 宴[yan4]

variant of 燕[yan4]

(bird species of China) house swift (Apus nipalensis)

(bird species of China) dark-rumped swift (Apus acuticauda)

(bird species of China) Asian palm swift (Cypsiurus balasiensis)

(bird species of China) silver-backed needletail (Hirundapus cochinchinensis)

(bird species of China) white-throated needletail (Hirundapus caudacutus)