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yàn

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Definitions

  1. 1. wild goose

Words Containing 雁

红胸黑雁
hóng xiōng hēi yàn

(bird species of China) red-breasted goose (Branta ruficollis)

雁荡山
yàn dàng shān

Yandang mountains, famous scenic area in southeast Zhejiang

白额雁
bái é yàn

(bird species of China) greater white-fronted goose (Anser albifrons)

加拿大雁
jiā ná dà yàn

(bird species of China) cackling goose (Branta hutchinsii)

雁荡
yàn dàng

Yandang mountains, famous scenic area in southeast Zhejiang

雪雁
xuě yàn

(bird species of China) snow goose (Anser caerulescens)

雁过拔毛
yàn guò bá máo

lit. to grab feathers from a flying goose

鸿雁
hóng yàn

(bird species of China) swan goose (Anser cygnoides)

雁塔区
yàn tǎ qū

Yanta District of Xi’an 西安市[xī ān shì], Shaanxi

豆雁
dòu yàn

(bird species of China) taiga bean goose (Anser fabalis)

沉鱼落雁
chén yú luò yàn

lit. fish sink, goose alights (idiom, from Zhuangzi 莊子|庄子[zhuāng zǐ]); fig. female beauty captivating even the birds and beasts

雁峰
yàn fēng

Yanfeng district of Hengyang city 衡陽市|衡阳市[héng yáng shì], Hunan

雁塔
yàn tǎ

Yanta District of Xi’an 西安市[xī ān shì], Shaanxi

短嘴豆雁
duǎn zuǐ dòu yàn

(bird species of China) tundra bean goose (Anser serrirostris)

刘宾雁
liú bīn yàn

Liu Binyan (1925-2005), journalist and novelist, condemned by Mao as rightist faction in 1957, subsequently dissident writer

雁江
yàn jiāng

Yanjiang district of Ziyang city 資陽市|资阳市[zī yáng shì], Sichuan

灰雁
huī yàn

(bird species of China) greylag goose (Anser anser)

雁山
yàn shān

Yanshan district of Guilin city 桂林市[guì lín shì], Guangxi

鱼沉雁杳
yú chén yàn yǎo

lit. the fish sinks, the goose vanishes into the distance (idiom); a letter does not arrive

胡雁
hú yàn

Tatar goose, wild goose found in territories northwest of China in ancient times

雁江区
yàn jiāng qū

Yanjiang district of Ziyang city 資陽市|资阳市[zī yáng shì], Sichuan

斑头雁
bān tóu yàn

(bird species of China) bar-headed goose (Anser indicus)

小雁塔
xiǎo yàn tǎ

Small Wild Goose Pagoda in Xi'an

大雁
dà yàn

wild goose

雁山区
yàn shān qū

Yanshan district of Guilin city 桂林市[guì lín shì], Guangxi

小白额雁
xiǎo bái é yàn

(bird species of China) lesser white-fronted goose (Anser erythropus)

白颊黑雁
bái jiá hēi yàn

(bird species of China) barnacle goose (Branta leucopsis)

雁杳鱼沉
yàn yǎo yú chén

without news from sb (idiom)

黑雁
hēi yàn

(bird species of China) brant goose (Branta bernicla)

雁峰区
yàn fēng qū

Yanfeng district of Hengyang city 衡陽市|衡阳市[héng yáng shì], Hunan

大雁塔
dà yàn tǎ

Giant Wild Goose Pagoda in Xi'an