"I have a little smart bird. It can dance."
Translation:我有一只聪明的小鸟，它会跳舞。
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The English should read "smart little bird", not "little smart bird".
"Little smart bird" isn't idiomatic English word order. "Smart little bird" is.
Even the Chinese order describes a 小鸟 (small bird) that's 聪明 (smart)
I've always understood that 的 is required after adjectives of more than one syllable. I could be wrong, but it says the same thing here:
The English has a big problem: the order of adjectives. If you are a native speaker you might not notice that adjectives have a correct order when appearing together to modify a single proceeding noun. Quality (smart) ALWAYS precedes size (little). likewise, size precedes age: big young man, little old lady 等 does anyone say young big man.. No, unless big man is a noun phrase, like 'smart phone' for example
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Of course, 小鸟 is a term used by little kids to refer to a particular part of the body. It can dance...