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鸳鸯
鴛鴦
yuānyāng
1.
(Chinese bird species) mandarin duck (Aix galericulata)
2.
affectionate couple
3.
happily married couple
Uncommon • Top 44%
Character Breakdown
Compound Words (4)
鸳鸯锅
yuānyangguō
"Mandarin Ducks" pot
鸳鸯戏水
yuānyāngxìshuǐ
lit. mandarin ducks playing in the water
鸳鸯蝴蝶
yuānyanghúdié
Mandarin ducks and butterfly (i.e. love birds)
鸳鸯蝴蝶派
yuānyanghúdiépài
Mandarin ducks and butterfly (i.e. love birds) literary school around 1900, criticized as populist and romantic by socialist realists
Metadata
- Category
- Chinese
- Word Frequency Rank
- 37,421 of 84,292