凤凰和 Phoenix 长得一样么? - 知乎 这篇文章里对于中国凤凰的一节是这么写的: In China, the phoenix is called the businiao (不死鳥; literally "immortal bird"), whereas the fenghuang (鳳凰) is a mythical bird of local Chinese origin, similar to the phoenix It is imagined as a composite of many birds, or even as comprising some body part of a snake, a fish etc