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鸳鸯蝴蝶

yuān yang hú dié

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Definitions

1. Mandarin ducks and butterfly (i.e. love birds)
2. derogatory reference to populist and romantic writing around 1900

Words Containing 鸳鸯蝴蝶

• 鸳鸯蝴蝶派 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

Child Words of 鸳鸯蝴蝶

• 蝴蝶 蝴蝶 hú dié: butterfly
• 蝶 蝶 dié: (bound form) butterfly
• 鸳 鸳 yuān: mandarin duck
• 鸳鸯 鸳鸯 yuān yāng: (bird species of China) mandarin duck (Aix galericulata)
• 鸯 鸯 yāng: mandarin duck