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大雁 yàn wild goose / CL:隻|只[zhi1]
沉鱼落雁 chén luò yàn lit. fish sink, goose alights (idiom, from Zhuangzi 莊子|庄子[Zhuang1 zi3]); fig. female beauty captivating even the birds and beasts
é goose / CL:隻|只[zhi1]
白跑一趟 bái pǎo tàng to go on an errand for nothing / to go on a wild-goose chase
正步 zhèng goose-step (for military parades)
礼轻人意重,千里送鹅毛 qīng rén zhòng , qiān sòng é máo goose feather sent from afar, a slight present but weighty meaning (idiom); It's not the present the counts, it's the thought behind it.
千里鹅毛 qiān é máo goose feather sent from afar (idiom); a trifling gift with a weighty thought behind it / also written 千里送鵝毛|千里送鹅毛[qian1 li3 song4 e2 mao2]
轻于鸿毛 qīng hóng máo light as a goose feather (idiom); trifling / unimportant
千里送鹅毛 qiān sòng é máo goose feather sent from afar (idiom); a trifling present with a weighty thought behind it
千里送鹅毛,礼轻人意重 qiān sòng é máo , qīng rén zhòng goose feather sent from afar, a slight present but weighty meaning (idiom); It's not the present the counts, it's the thought behind it.
鹅毛 é máo goose feather
大雁塔 yàn Giant Wild Goose Pagoda in Xi'an
趋之若鹜 zhī ruò to rush like ducks (idiom); the mob scrabbles madly for sth unobtainable / an unruly crowd on a wild goose chase
yàn wild goose
灰雁 huī yàn (bird species of China) greylag goose (Anser anser)
胡雁 yàn Tatar goose, wild goose found in territories northwest of China in ancient times
来鸿去燕 lái hóng yàn lit. the goose comes, the swallow goes (idiom); fig. always on the move
礼轻情意重 qīng qíng zhòng goose feather sent from afar, a trifling present with a weighty thought behind it (idiom); It's not the gift that counts, but the thought behind it.
鸿毛泰山 hóng máo Tài Shān lit. light as a goose feather, heavy as Mt Tai (idiom) / fig. of no consequence to one person, a matter of life or death to another
千里寄鹅毛 qiān é máo goose feather sent from afar (idiom); a trifling present with a weighty thought behind it / also written 千里送鵝毛|千里送鹅毛
雪泥鸿爪 xuě hóng zhǎo a goose's footprint in the snow / vestiges of the past (idiom) / the fleeting nature of human life (idiom)
雪雁 xuě yàn (bird species of China) snow goose (Anser caerulescens)
cry of a crane or wild goose
小雁塔 Xiǎo yàn Small Wild Goose Pagoda in Xi'an
红胸黑雁 hóng xiōng hēi yàn (bird species of China) red-breasted goose (Branta ruficollis)


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