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鸳
Simplified
鸳
Traditional
鴛
Pinyin
yuān
Definition
mandarin duck
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鸳
夗
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鸟
夗
Part
yuàn
to turn over when asleep
鸟
Part
niǎo
bird
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宛
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鸳鸯
yuān yāng
(bird species of China) mandarin duck (Aix galericulata); (fig.) affectionate couple; happily married couple
鸳绮
yuān qǐ
magnificent fabrics
野鸳鸯
yě yuān yāng
wild mandarin duck; (derog.) illicit lovers; unorthodox couple
鸳鸯锅
yuān yang guō
"mandarin ducks" pot (hot pot with a divider, containing spicy soup on one side, mild soup on the other)
鸳鸯浴
yuān yāng yù
taking a bath together as a couple
鸳鸯蝴蝶
yuān yang hú dié
Mandarin ducks and butterfly (i.e. love birds); derogatory reference to populist and romantic writing around 1900
棒打鸳鸯
bàng dǎ yuān yāng
(idiom) to cruelly separate lovers (esp. by family or societal pressure); to forcibly break up a couple against their will
鸳鸯戏水
yuān yāng xì shuǐ
lit. mandarin ducks playing in the water; fig. to make love
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