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