bàng dǎ yuān yāng
Traditional: 棒打鴛鴦
棒打鸳鸯 (bàng dǎ yuān yāng) is a Chinese word meaning “(idiom) to cruelly separate lovers (esp. by family or societal pressure); to forcibly break up a couple against their will”.
Meanings
- 1(idiom) to cruelly separate lovers (esp. by family or societal pressure); to forcibly break up a couple against their will
Characters in 棒打鸳鸯
Related words
打(loanword) dozen打a semantically light, transitive verb that is combined with various grammatical objects to form compound verbs and verb-object phrases with a diverse range of meanings (e.g. 打傘|打伞[da3 san3] "to hold an umbrella", 打電話|打电话[da3 dian4 hua4] "to make a phone call", 打針|打针[da3 zhen1] "to get an injection", 打手套[da3 shou3 tao4] "to knit gloves", 打氣|打气[da3 qi4] "to inflate")棒stick打电话to make a telephone call打算to plan打开to open打扰to disturb打赌to bet打败to defeat棒球baseball打架to fight打击to hit