（鹌鹑） quail: ～ 之奔奔，鹊之强强。 Boldly faithful in their pairings are quails;/ Vigo￣rously so are magpies. ◆鹑衣 [书] ragged clothes; 鹑衣百结 as ragged as a quail's tail — be dressed in miserable rags and tatters; ragged clothes (with many patches); bedrag￣gled dress like a beggar's; One's clothes are (all) in tatters.; shabbily dressed; ragged and patched clothing