(bird species of China) mandarin duck (Aix galericulata); (fig.) affectionate couple; happily married couple
trad. 鴛鴦
Also written 鴛鴦【yuān yāng】
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鸯yāng
used in 鴛鴦|鸳鸯[yuan1 yang1]
野鸳鸯yě yuān yāng
wild mandarin duck; (derog.) illicit lovers; unorthodox couple
鸳鸯浴yuān yāng yù
taking a bath together as a couple
鸳鸯锅yuān yang guō
"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
(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
lit. mandarin ducks playing in the water; fig. to make love
鸳鸯蝴蝶yuān yang hú dié
Mandarin 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
Mandarin ducks and butterfly (i.e. love birds) literary school around 1900, criticized as populist and romantic by socialist realists