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鸳鸯

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yuān yāng

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Definitions

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

Words Containing 鸳鸯

野鸳鸯
yě yuān yāng

wild mandarin duck

鸳鸯戏水
yuān yāng xì shuǐ

lit. mandarin ducks playing in the water

鸳鸯浴
yuān yāng yù

taking a bath together as a couple

鸳鸯蝴蝶
yuān yang hú dié

Mandarin ducks and butterfly (i.e. love birds)

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

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)

Child Words of 鸳鸯

鸳
yuān

mandarin duck

鸯
yāng

mandarin duck

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