(idiom) to cruelly separate lovers (esp. by family or societal pressure); to forcibly break up a couple against their will
trad. 棒打鴛鴦
Also written 棒打鴛鴦【bàng dǎ yuān yāng】
Characters in this word
4棒
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0
stick, club, cudgel, smart, capable, strong, wonderful, classifier for legs of a relay race
- Pinyin
- bàng
- Strokes
- 12
- Frequency
- 1273 of 2500
打
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(loanword) dozen, Taiwan pr. [da3]
- Pinyin
- dá
- Strokes
- 5
- Frequency
- 195 of 2500
鸳
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mandarin duck
- Pinyin
- yuān
- Traditional
- 鴛
- Strokes
- 10
鸯
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used in 鴛鴦|鸳鸯[yuan1 yang1]
- Pinyin
- yāng
- Traditional
- 鴦
- Strokes
- 10