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The character "翠" originally referred to the kingfisher bird, specifically valued for its bright green feathers, and its structure combines the semantic element "羽" meaning feather with the component "卒" which primarily served a phonetic function. This association with the bird's plumage led the character's meaning to extend toward denoting the color green itself, particularly a vivid or bluish-green hue, and later to objects like jade that share this color. While the reference to the bird persists in some classical compounds, the dominant use of "翠" in modern language is for the color green or emerald green.
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这片树叶非常翠绿。
翠鸟站在河边的树枝上。
雨后，远处的山峦显得格外苍翠。
她戴着一只翡翠手镯，晶莹剔透。
阳光透过翠绿的竹林，洒下斑驳的光影。
设计师用翠色的丝绸为礼服增添了生机。
翡翠市场里陈列着各种雕工精美的饰品。
他笔下那片翠色欲滴的荷塘，充满了盛夏的活力。