鴛 yuān

male mandarin duck (Aix galericulata)

DEFINITIONS

  • male mandarin duck (Aix galericulata)
  • mandarin duck

WORDS

野鴛鴦 yě yuān yāng wild mandarin duck; (derog.) illicit lovers; unorthodox couple
鴛綺 yuān qǐ magnificent fabrics
鴛鴦 yuān yāng (bird species of China) mandarin duck (Aix galericulata); (fig.) affectionate couple; happily married couple
鴛鴦戲水 yuān yāng xì shuǐ lit. mandarin ducks playing in the water; fig. to make love
鴛鴦浴 yuān yāng yù taking a bath together as a couple
鴛鴦蝴蝶 yuān yang hú dié Mandarin ducks and butterfly (i.e. love birds); derogatory reference to populist and romantic writing around 1900
鴛鴦蝴蝶派 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
鴛鴦鍋 yuān yang guō "mandarin ducks" pot (hot pot with a divider, containing spicy soup on one side, mild soup on the other)
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