yuān yang hú dié

Traditional: 鴛鴦蝴蝶

鸳鸯蝴蝶 (yuān yang hú dié) is a Chinese word meaning “Mandarin ducks and butterfly (i.e. love birds); derogatory reference to populist and romantic writing around 1900”.

Meanings

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

Characters in 鸳鸯蝴蝶

鸳yuān · mandarin duck鸯yāng · used in 鴛鴦|鸳鸯[yuan1 yang1]蝴hú · used in 蝴蝶[hu2 die2]蝶dié · (bound form) butterfly

Related words

蝴蝶butterfly蝴蝶结bow鸳鸯(bird species of China) mandarin duck (Aix galericulata)蝶(bound form) butterfly蝶variant of 蝶[die2]蝶泳butterfly stroke (swimming)蝶骨sphenoid bone (front of the temple)招蜂引蝶lit. (of a flower) to attract bees and butterflies (idiom)胡蝶variant of 蝴蝶[hu2 die2]棒打鸳鸯(idiom) to cruelly separate lovers (esp. by family or societal pressure); to forcibly break up a couple against their will野鸳鸯wild mandarin duck鸳mandarin duck

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