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棒打鴛鴦 棒打鸳鸯 [[bang4da3-yuan1yang1]] /(idiom) to cruelly separate lovers (esp. by family or societal pressure); to forcibly break up a couple against their will/ 490 2
鴦 鸯 [[yang1]] /used in 鴛鴦|鸳鸯[yuan1yang1]/ 718 2
野鴛鴦 野鸳鸯 [ye3 yuan1 yang1] /wild mandarin duck/(derog.) illicit lovers/unorthodox couple/ 2784 1
鴛 鸳 [yuan1] /mandarin duck/ 7181 1
鴛綺 鸳绮 [yuan1 qi3] /magnificent fabrics/ 6271 1
鴛鴦戲水 鸳鸯戏水 [yuan1 yang1 xi4 shui3] /lit. mandarin ducks playing in the water/fig. to make love/ 5372 1
鴛鴦浴 鸳鸯浴 [yuan1 yang1 yu4] /taking a bath together as a couple/ 2799 1
鴛鴦鍋 鸳鸯锅 [yuan1 yang5 guo1] /"mandarin ducks" pot (hot pot with a divider, containing spicy soup on one side, mild soup on the other)/ 3050 1
鴛鴦蝴蝶 鸳鸯蝴蝶 [yuan1 yang5 hu2 die2] /Mandarin ducks and butterfly (i.e. love birds)/derogatory reference to populist and romantic writing around 1900/ 6754 1
鴛鴦蝴蝶派 鸳鸯蝴蝶派 [yuan1 yang5 hu2 die2 pai4] /Mandarin ducks and butterfly (i.e. love birds) literary school around 1900, criticized as populist and romantic by socialist realists/ 6754 1
鴛鴦 鸳鸯 [[yuan1yang1]] /(bird species of China) mandarin duck (Aix galericulata)/(fig.) affectionate couple; happily married couple/ 1031 2

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