"鸳鸯" • Chinese-English Dictionary

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 yuān yang mandarin ducks / affectionate couple
 yuān yāng (bird species of China) mandarin duck (Aix galericulata) / (fig.) affectionate couple / happily married couple
Results beginning with 鸳鸯
 yuān yāng yù taking a bath together as a couple
 yuān yang guō "mandarin ducks" pot (hot pot with a divider, containing spicy soup on one side, mild soup on the other)
 yuān yang hú dié Mandarin ducks and butterfly (i.e. love birds) / derogatory reference to populist and romantic writing around 1900
 yuān yāng xì shuǐ lit. mandarin ducks playing in the water / fig. to make love
 yuān yang hú dié pài Mandarin ducks and butterfly (i.e. love birds) literary school around 1900, criticized as populist and romantic by socialist realists
Approximate Results for 鸳鸯
 yě yuān yāng wild mandarin duck / (derog.) illicit lovers / unorthodox couple
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