啄

zhuó shí

啄食

peck at food

xiǎo jī zhèng zài zhuó mǐ

小鸡正在啄米。

The chicks are pecking at the rice.

tā men kāi shǐ gōng jī zì jǐ de tóng lèi pīn mìng de hù xiāng zhuó zhe

它们开始攻击自己的同类，拼命地互相啄着。

They began to attack their own kind and pecked at each other desperately.

xiǎo niǎo zhuān mén zhuó shù gàn li de chóng chī

小鸟专门啄树干里的虫吃。

It's the nature of the little bird to peck insects from the trunk of a tree.