"Goose" • Chinese-English Dictionary

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母鹅 mǔ é goose (female)
鸡皮疙瘩 jī pí gē da goose pimples / goose bumps
大雁 dà yàn wild goose / CL:隻|只[zhi1]
鸿雁 hóng yàn (bird species of China) swan goose (Anser cygnoides)
钻牛角尖 zuān niú jiǎo jiān lit. to penetrate into a bull's horn (idiom) / fig. to waste time on an insoluble or insignificant problem / to bash one's head against a brick wall / a wild goose chase / a blind alley / to split hairs
大雁塔 Dà yàn tǎ Giant Wild Goose Pagoda in Xi'an
鹅毛 é máo goose feather
沉鱼落雁 chén yú luò yàn lit. fish sink, goose alights (idiom, from Zhuangzi 莊子|庄子[Zhuang1 zi3]) / fig. female beauty captivating even the birds and beasts
杀鸡取卵 shā jī qǔ luǎn lit. to kill the chicken to get the eggs (idiom) / fig. to kill the goose that lays the golden eggs
鹅绒 é róng goose down
鸿 hóng eastern bean goose / great / large
粟 sù grain / millet / goose bumps
唳 lì cry of a crane or wild goose
趋之若鹜 qū zhī ruò wù to rush like ducks (idiom) / the mob scrabbles madly for sth unobtainable / an unruly crowd on a wild goose chase
鹅毛大雪 é máo dà xuě goose feather snow (idiom) / big heavy snow fall
竭泽而渔 jié zé ér yú lit. to drain the pond to get at the fish (idiom) / fig. to kill the goose that lays the golden eggs
来鸿去燕 lái hóng qù yàn lit. the goose comes, the swallow goes (idiom) / fig. always on the move
千里寄鹅毛 qiān lǐ jì é máo goose feather sent from afar (idiom) / a trifling present with a weighty thought behind it / also written 千里送鵝毛|千里送鹅毛
千里送鹅毛 qiān lǐ sòng é máo goose feather sent from afar (idiom) / a trifling present with a weighty thought behind it
千里鹅毛 qiān lǐ é máo goose feather sent from afar (idiom) / a trifling gift with a weighty thought behind it / also written 千里送鵝毛|千里送鹅毛[qian1 li3 song4 e2 mao2]
轻于鸿毛 qīng yú hóng máo light as a goose feather (idiom) / trifling / unimportant
雁过拔毛 yàn guò bá máo lit. to grab feathers from a flying goose / fig. to seize any opportunity / pragmatic
鱼沉雁杳 yú chén yàn yǎo lit. the fish sinks, the goose vanishes into the distance (idiom) / a letter does not arrive / lost in transmission
鸿毛泰山 hóng máo Tài Shān lit. light as a goose feather, heavy as Mt Tai (idiom) / fig. of no consequence to one person, a matter of life or death to another
鸿毛泰岱 hóng máo tài dài light as a goose feather, heavy as Mt Tai (idiom) / of no consequence to one person, a matter of life or death to another
雪雁 xuě yàn (bird species of China) snow goose (Anser caerulescens)
鴈 yàn wild goose
千里送鹅毛，礼轻人意重 qiān lǐ sòng é máo , lǐ qīng rén yì zhòng goose feather sent from afar, a slight present but weighty meaning (idiom) / It's not the present the counts, it's the thought behind it.
千里送鹅毛，礼轻情意重 qiān lǐ sòng é máo , lǐ qīng qíng yì zhòng goose feather sent from afar, a trifling present with a weighty thought behind it (idiom) / It's not the gift that counts, but the thought behind it.
斑头雁 bān tóu yàn (bird species of China) bar-headed goose (Anser indicus)
礼轻人意重，千里送鹅毛 lǐ qīng rén yì zhòng , qiān lǐ sòng é máo goose feather sent from afar, a slight present but weighty meaning (idiom) / It's not the present the counts, it's the thought behind it.
礼轻情意重 lǐ qīng qíng yì zhòng goose feather sent from afar, a trifling present with a weighty thought behind it (idiom) / It's not the gift that counts, but the thought behind it.
钻牛角 zuān niú jiǎo lit. honing a bull's horn / fig. to waste time on an insoluble or insignificant problem / to bash one's head against a brick wall / a wild goose chase / a blind alley / to split hairs / same as idiom 鑽牛角尖|钻牛角尖
小白额雁 xiǎo bái é yàn (bird species of China) lesser white-fronted goose (Anser erythropus)
加拿大雁 jiā ná dà yàn (bird species of China) cackling goose (Branta hutchinsii)
灰雁 huī yàn (bird species of China) greylag goose (Anser anser)
豆雁 dòu yàn (bird species of China) taiga bean goose (Anser fabalis)
黑雁 hēi yàn (bird species of China) brant goose (Branta bernicla)
棉凫 mián fú (bird species of China) cotton pygmy goose (Nettapus coromandelianus)
埃及雁 āi jí yàn Egyptian goose
白额雁 bái é yàn (bird species of China) greater white-fronted goose (Anser albifrons)
红胸黑雁 hóng xiōng hēi yàn (bird species of China) red-breasted goose (Branta ruficollis)
小雁塔 Xiǎo yàn tǎ Small Wild Goose Pagoda in Xi'an
鵞 é variant of 鵝|鹅[e2] / goose
石蜐 shí jié goose barnacle (Pollicipes pollicipes)
白颊黑雁 bái jiá hēi yàn (bird species of China) barnacle goose (Branta leucopsis)
短嘴豆雁 duǎn zuǐ dòu yàn (bird species of China) tundra bean goose (Anser serrirostris)
胡雁 hú yàn Tatar goose, wild goose found in territories northwest of China in ancient times
起粟 qǐ sù to get goose bumps
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