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春江水暖鸭先知

chūn jiāng shuǐ nuǎn yā xiān zhī

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Definitions

  1. 1. lit. the duck is the first to know if the spring water is warm (idiom)
  2. 2. fig. an expert in the field knows which way the wind blows