(bird species of China) mandarin duck (Aix galericulata); (fig.) affectionate couple; happily married couple

magnificent fabrics

taking a bath together as a couple

"mandarin ducks" pot (hot pot with a divider, containing spicy soup on one side, mild soup on the other)

lit. mandarin ducks playing in the water; fig. to make love

Mandarin ducks and butterfly (i.e. love birds); derogatory reference to populist and romantic writing around 1900

Mandarin ducks and butterfly (i.e. love birds) literary school around 1900, criticized as populist and romantic by socialist realists