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鸳鸯蝴蝶
鴛鴦蝴蝶
yuānyanghúdié
1. Mandarin ducks and butterfly (i.e. love birds)
2. derogatory reference to populist and romantic writing around 1900

Character Breakdown

鸳
yuān
male mandarin duck (Aix galericulata)
10 丶
鸯
yāng
female mandarin duck (Aix galericulata)
10 丶
蝴
hú
butterfly
HSK 5 15 丶
蝶
dié
butterfly
HSK 5 15 丶

Compound Words (1)

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

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