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游弋 yóu yì (of a naval vessel) to cruise / to patrol / (of ducks, boats etc) to move about on a lake or river etc
填鸭 tián yā to force-feed ducks / (cooking) stuffed duck
趋之若鹜 qū zhī ruò wù to rush like ducks (idiom); the mob scrabbles madly for sth unobtainable / an unruly crowd on a wild goose chase
鸳鸯蝴蝶 yuān yang hú dié Mandarin ducks and butterfly (i.e. love birds) / derogatory reference to populist and romantic writing around 1900
呱呱 guā guā (onom.) sound made by frogs, ducks etc
蹼 pǔ web (of feet of ducks, frogs etc)
鸳鸯戏水 yuān yāng xì shuǐ lit. mandarin ducks playing in the water / fig. to make love
鸳鸯锅 yuān yang guō "mandarin ducks" pot (hot pot with a divider, containing spicy soup on one side, mild soup on the other)
唼 shǎ to speak evil / gobbling sound made by ducks
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


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