鸯
female mandarin duck (Aix galericulata); used in 鴛鴦|鸳鸯[yuan1 yang1]
- Strokes
- 10
- Pinyin
- yāng
Parts
Words with 鸯
- 鸳鸯yuān yāng · yuanyang(bird species of China) mandarin duck (Aix galericulata); (fig.) affectionate couple; happily married couple
- 野鸳鸯yě yuān yāng · yeyuanyangwild mandarin duck; (derog.) illicit lovers; unorthodox couple
- 鸳鸯浴yuān yāng yù · yuanyangyutaking a bath together as a couple
- 鸳鸯锅yuān yang guō · yuanyangguo"mandarin ducks" pot (hot pot with a divider, containing spicy soup on one side, mild soup on the other)
- 棒打鸳鸯bàng dǎ yuān yāng · bangdayuanyang(idiom) to cruelly separate lovers (esp. by family or societal pressure); to forcibly break up a couple against their will
- 鸳鸯戏水yuān yāng xì shuǐ · yuanyangxishuilit. mandarin ducks playing in the water; fig. to make love
- 鸳鸯蝴蝶yuān yang hú dié · yuanyanghudieMandarin ducks and butterfly (i.e. love birds); derogatory reference to populist and romantic writing around 1900
- 鸳鸯蝴蝶派yuān yang hú dié pài · yuanyanghudiepaiMandarin ducks and butterfly (i.e. love birds) literary school around 1900, criticized as populist and romantic by socialist realists