yuān
Traditional: 鴛
鸳 (yuān) is a Chinese word meaning “mandarin duck”.
Meanings
- 1mandarin duck
Related words
鸳鸯(bird species of China) mandarin duck (Aix galericulata)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鸳绮magnificent fabrics鸳鸯戏水lit. mandarin ducks playing in the water鸳鸯浴taking a bath together as a couple鸳鸯蝴蝶Mandarin ducks and butterfly (i.e. love birds)鸳鸯蝴蝶派Mandarin ducks and butterfly (i.e. love birds) literary school around 1900, criticized as populist and romantic by socialist realists鸳鸯锅"mandarin ducks" pot (hot pot with a divider, containing spicy soup on one side, mild soup on the other)