Birds nest under the eaves.
鸟儿在屋檐下筑巢。
Mary has built a nest egg worth an incredible $50000 on top of her pension.
除养老金外,玛丽已经积蓄了50万美元的惊人存款。
Alice nested the glass tumblers in a crate.
爱丽丝把玻璃酒杯一个套一个放在箱子里。
She nestled the baby gently in her arms.
她轻轻地把婴儿抱在怀里。
The bird was busily building a nest in the tree.
那只鸟正在树上忙着筑巢。
They have nested their business within the tech hub.
他们的公司坐落在科技中心内。
The computer virus had nested deep in the system.
电脑病毒已经深深潜伏在系统中。
The couple nested comfortably in their new home.
这对夫妇舒适地安顿在新家中。
The spyware had nested itself in the operating system.
间谍软件已经嵌入到操作系统中。
The bees were busy gathering nectar to nest their honeycombs.
蜜蜂们正忙于采集花蜜来建造蜂巢。
He nestled the book securely on the shelf.
他把书稳稳地放在书架上。
The island is a nesting ground for various sea birds.
这个岛是多种海鸟的繁殖地。
The programmer nested several loops to optimize the algorithm.
程序员嵌套了几个循环以优化算法。
When inspection missions are complete, drones will return to their “nest” for charging and checking, preparing for their next roll-out.
检查任务完成后,无人机将返回“巢穴”进行充电和检查,为下一次推出做准备。
At present, the company has 12 fixed drone nests covering the whole electric transmission line.
目前,该公司有12个固定的无人机巢穴,覆盖整个输电线路。
During the fourth expo, we also achieved cooperation with producers of tonics and herbs such as Southeast Asian edible bird's nests, Korean ginseng, and Iranian saffron.
在第四届博览会期间,我们还与东南亚可食用燕窝、韩国人参和伊朗藏红花等滋补和草药生产商达成了合作。
Swifts live close to people and build nests on human-made structures.
Swifts生活在人类附近,并且会在人造结构上筑巢。
Zheng Dian Bird's Nest, which opened its Tmall Global official store earlier this year, is planning to invite celebrities and KOLs to market their products during the campaign in a bid to capture the potential torrent of consumers, said general manager Wen Yan.
During a weeklong campaign promoting Malaysian local produce that ended on Sunday, eight top-tier influencers, who regularly host livestreaming shows via Alibaba's Taobao platform, helped facilitate goods sales of 1 million yuan in just three seconds and helped one merchant sell 80,000 bottles of bird's nest in just five minutes, among other incredible feats.
"Our skin care brand, Bio-essence, was the first to launch a skin care range with the well-regarded Bird's Nest ingredient and our male grooming brand, Romano, was among the first to launch silicone free formulation in shampoo for men," he said.
The "dragon's blood", a natural tree resin, and "bird's nest", a restorative and remedial food in TCM, are imported from Southeast Asia, while other materials, such as frankincense and myrrh are imported from Ethiopia, Kenya and other East African countries.
Its landmark projects in China include those in the Shanghai Tower, the 2010 Expo China Pavilion, China World Trade Center Tower 3 and the National Stadium, also known as the Bird's Nest.
Having launched Nest, the first knowledge graph database in the Chinese market, and enterprise-level AI entrance LiteMind, Mininglamp is developing fast with industry applications and rich practice cases, Lu Yanxia, senior research manager of Enterprise Research, IDC China, said.
"It is inevitable that individuals will need to take greater responsibility to prepare a nest egg for their retirement to ensure they have enough at retirement.
At the pavilion of Malaysia Promas International Business Society, 16 companies are showcasing Malaysia's distinctive products, including coffee and edible bird's nests.
Chey Ming Soon, director of a Malaysian bird's nest processing factory, attended the fair for the first time.
Reflecting on his participation at the China International Import Expo in Shanghai this year, where he sold over 20 kilograms of edible bird's nests, Chey saw the immense potential of the Chinese market.
There is an increasing demand from Chinese consumers for high-quality, natural and organic foods, and Malaysia has a wealth of agricultural and food resources such as frozen durian, bird's nest, coffee and more to meet the needs of the Chinese market," he said.
“中国消费者对高质量、天然和有机食品的需求日益增长,而马来西亚拥有丰富的农业和食品资源,如冷冻榴莲、燕窝、咖啡等,能够满足中国市场的需求,”他说。
At a production line in China-Malaysia Qinzhou Industrial Park in Qinzhou, South China's Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region, staff deftly pick small feathers from bird nests.
The nests are then placed in a mold, dried naturally, undergo thermal treatment and testing, and finally get labeled and packaged.
The nests are all imported from Malaysia.
With an investment of 5 million Singapore dollars ($3.7 million), we established a bird nest production line and a feather nest — a subcategory of bird nests — processing line in China-Malaysia Qinzhou Industrial Park," said Lao Dayong, general manager of Sing Nest International Trading Co Ltd, one of the 12 companies in the industrial park qualified to process imported nests.
"After we signed the contract, the organizing committee has been actively assisting us in building production lines, and handling food production licenses and traceable labels for bird nests.
So far, many nest products, including cup-shaped nests, stewed bird nests, bird nest water and bird nest porridge, have already hit the market," he said.
He said the cement plant in Beijing's outlying district of Huairou was a major supplier to many landmark projects in the national capital, which includes Beijing Capital International Airport Terminal 2 and the National Stadium, also known as the "Birds' Nest".
他说,位于北京远郊怀柔区的这家水泥厂是国家首都诸多标志性工程的主要供应商之一,这些项目包括北京首都国际机场2号航站楼和被称为“鸟巢”的国家体育场。
Indonesian products such as coffee, bird's nests and palm oil have proved popular at the CIIE, he added.
"Since the RCEP went into effect on Jan 1, 2022, especially after China recently allowed the importation of a number of Vietnamese agricultural products such as durian, bird's nest, sweet potato and passion fruit, Vietnamese enterprises nationwide, including our company, have found big opportunities to export new products to their northern neighbor," Dinh Gia Nghia, deputy general director of Dong Giao Foodstuff Export Joint Stock Co in the northern Ninh Binh province, told Xinhua News Agency in December.
"The implementation of the RCEP agreement has brought real benefits to our company and our partner companies in Malaysia," said Li Huihuan, deputy general manager of Sing Nest International Trading Co Ltd, a Singaporean-funded health food production and processing enterprise in the China (Guangxi) Free Trade Zone.
The company has been importing raw materials like edible birds' nests from Malaysia.
Mayiyanghuo, a local cross-border e-commerce platform in Guangxi, has imported 4.9 tonnes of cubilose, or edible bird's nests, worth more than 60 million yuan from January to June, according to the company.
The three consul-generals also recommended Guangxi specialties, such as jasmine tea, tangerines, edible bird's nests, medical supplies and luosifen rice noodles to Southeast Asian countries via Lazada, a cross-border e-commerce platform.
Backed by Malaysia's favorable natural conditions, the official added that the China-Malaysia Qinzhou Industrial Park-the flagship project of investment cooperation between the two countries-has already established a processing trade base for edible bird's nests in Guangxi.
The trade base for edible bird's nests in the park is operated by 15 bird's nest production and processing companies, and 11 of them have been approved by the Chinese government for deep processing qualifications.
After the RCEP takes effect in Malaysia, the customs clearance speed will be accelerated from 10 days to seven days, which will reduce the warehousing and logistics costs, said Li Huihuan, head of a bird's nest processing enterprise in China (Guangxi) Pilot Free Trade Zone.
For this year's expo, which opened Friday in the southern Chinese city of Nanning, Chai has brought edible bird's nests, coffee and other Malaysian specialty products made by his food company, hoping to captivate expo visitors and find more business partners.
Last year, enthusiastic followers of Xin Youzhi, dubbed Simba, were met with disappointment as the leading livestreamer on China's popular short-video platform Kuaishou sold over 15 million yuan worth of fake cubilose, or edible bird's nests, in a livestreaming session held in October.
The nest products, mostly made of the secretions from the salivary glands of birds, are expensive delicacies that have been used in Chinese cooking for hundreds of years, and are traditionally believed to provide various health benefits.
A number of Simba's customers complained that the bird's nests sold to them by the grassroots livestreamer were nothing more than sugar water.
Here, we see some encouraging signs, especially when it comes to a general awareness in China of the importance of saving, and of building up a nest egg for a rainy day.
She added manufacturers and retailers should offer special promotions on premium gifting categories such as abalone, chicken essence, birds nest and liquor as insulated spenders may have additional budgets to spend due to scaled down parties, open houses and celebrations.
At Malaysia's Sarawak Pavilion, Abdul Karim Rahman Hamzah, Sarawak's minister for tourism, creative industry and performing arts, introduced local specialities to visitors, including pastries, black pepper, tuak (a Sarawak wine), bird's nest and Laksa or a noodle dish with broth made of herbs, spices, and coconut milk.
I have been living in a Beijing neighborhood close to the National Stadium, also known as the Bird's Nest, for over 15 years, and I bear witness to the fascinating changes in the community brought by the Olympic Games in 2008 and 2022.
"Among imported products on JD, cherries from Chile, cookies and milk powder from Denmark, latex products from Indonesia, bird's nest from Thailand, and Nintendo and Sony game consoles from Japan are some of the most popular imported products among Chinese consumers," said Simon Han, vice-president of JD.
During a weeklong campaign promoting Malaysian local produce in September, eight top-tier influencers, who regularly host livestreaming shows via Alibaba's Taobao platform, facilitated the sales of merchandise worth 1 million yuan in just three seconds and helped one merchant sell 80,000 bottles of bird's nest in five minutes, among other incredible feats.
Apart from offering online information, Dongqiudi has participated in offline soccer events, such as Beijing's London derby - Chelsea vs Arsenal at the Bird's Nest in 2017.
Buoyed by the rising trade opportunities created by the Belt and Road Initiative, Indonesia is looking to export 150 metric tons of bird's nest to China every year, a top official said.
Enggartiasto Lukita, trade minister of Indonesia, said China is one of the major destinations for Indonesian bird's nest.
The two countries' bird's nest trade dates back to the 17th century.
"Thanks to the Belt and Road Initiative, the bird's nest trade between China and Indonesia has become more vibrant," said Lukita.
Statistics from the Indonesia Customs showed that from January to July, Indonesia exported bird's nest worth $140 million to China, up 39.03 percent on an annualized basis.
"Up to 70 percent of our sales were to the Chinese market, and even in the United States, which is another major export destination, the consumers are mostly Chinese," said an employee from an Indonesian bird's nest exporter.
Li Yan, a post-80s dance instructor in Beijing, often buys bird's nest from Indonesia through daigou, or overseas shopping representatives.
"Indonesian bird's nest are valued for their exceptional quality.
I buy dry bird's nest, which is usually sold at 20 yuan ($2.9) per gram, and cook it myself.
"Djauhari Oratmangun, Indonesia's ambassador to China, said during the 2019 Bird's Nest Industry Conference, which was jointly held by the Edible Bird's Nest Market Committee of China Agricultural Wholesale Markets Association and the Chinese Academy of Inspection and Quarantine, that China and Indonesia can work together in many aspects, and the trade of bird's nest is one such field.
"According to him, as the world's largest bird's nest producing country, Indonesia produces around 75 percent of the world's bird's nest, and 71 percent of China's imported bird's nest are from Indonesia.
However, many obstacles lie in the trading of bird's nest between China and Indonesia.
According to Lukita, currently, the customs inspection and quarantine clearance for bird's nest from Indonesia to China is around four weeks, and the 16 percent value-added tax is another barrier.
Wang Zhenrong, an official from the Bureau of Import and Export Food Safety under the General Administration of Customs, said that to ensure the safety of imported bird's nest, there are a series of requirements in terms of food safety and inspection and quarantine.
"Information such as where the birds that offer the bird's nest come from, what type of birds they are, and even their color needs to be available in the records.
"Lukita noted that the Indonesian government is actively talking to their counterparts in China to boost bird's nest trade between the two countries.
In October 2018, the Edible Bird's Nest Market Committee held a bird's nest cooking competition in Jakarta, Indonesia, to facilitate the trade of bird's nest between China and Indonesia and boost the healthy and diversified development of the bird's nest industry.
"The competition facilitates the trade of bird's nest along the Belt and Road Initiative.
In the future, we will hold more competitions along the BRI," said Ma Zengjun, chairman of the Edible Bird's Nest Market Committee.
Shan Yongjun, executive vice-president of Dazhouxinyan, a major bird's nest processing enterprise in China, said that "last year, China imported roughly 105 tons of bird's nest.
Bird's nest supplying countries, including Indonesia, Malaysia and Thailand, have relatively weak industrial foundations.
As a processing enterprise, we use our research and development ability and advanced technologies to add value to bird's nest, making it more absorbent and more tasty," Shan said.
According to Gu Shaoping, deputy division chief of the China National Administration for Certification and Accreditation, the government is stepping up efforts to create a favorable environment for bird's nest trade.
"We are accelerating the approval process of bird's nest manufacturing enterprises, and meanwhile creating a fair environment for market entities to compete," Gu said.
Data from the Edible Bird's Nest Market Committee showed that in the first half of 2019, China imported a total of 69.5 tons of bird's nest, among which 39.8 tons, or 57 percent, were from Indonesia.
The import of bird's nest surged by 32 percent year-on-year.
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AI giant Megvii used GPS and vision fusion technologies to build a detailed high-precision 3D map of the Bird's Nest and several other Olympic venues.
In the context of 5G, artificial intelligence and the Internet of Things, the national stadium -- known as the "Bird's Nest" -- has undergone an intelligent transformation to host the opening and closing ceremonies.
"Inside the Bird's Nest, we've built digital workstations and rendering workshops for instant visual-effect generation, completely upgrading it from a traditional building to a smart stadium," Chang said.
Instead of traditional projections, the entire floor of the Bird's Nest is fully equipped with high-definition LED technology, with 16K picture quality, according to Wang Zhi'ou, visual-effects director.
As cross-border travel has been restricted due to COVID-19, the daily care and safety of the elderly who are left idle in their "empty nests" have become the biggest concern for their overseas children.
Nicknamed the Bird's Nest, the National Stadium, for instance, is a 91,000-capacity comprehensive venue covering 258,000 square meters in Beijing.
At present, the upgraded system has been deployed in the Bird's Nest stadium, Beijing No 3 Intermediate People's Court, Beijing Fire Museum and some other companies.
"It's never too young to lay your nest eggs.
The awareness of resorting to financial products to ready oneself for old-age has been growing particularly fast in China this year, as the country's financial authorities and market players are making nest egg financial services for golden years more available and accessible.
As a result, more people, including those who had invested directly in the stock market, have switched to public equity funds as an important way of building up their nest egg.