鸳 鸯 yuān yāng (bird species of China) mandarin duck (Aix galericulata) / (fig.) affectionate couple / happily married couple 鸭 子 yā zi duck / male prostitute (slang) 烤 鸭 kǎo yā roast duck 野 鸭 yě yā wild duck / mallard (Anas platyrhyncha) 北 京 烤 鸭 Běi jīng kǎo yā Peking Duck 板 鸭 bǎn yā pressed (dried) salted duck 咸 鸭 蛋 xián yā dàn salted duck egg 鸭 掌 yā zhǎng duck feet (claws) 填 鸭 tián yā to force-feed ducks / (cooking) stuffed duck 野 鸳 鸯 yě yuān yāng wild mandarin duck / (derog.) illicit lovers / unorthodox couple 闪 to dodge / to duck out of the way / to beat it / shaken (by a fall) / to sprain / to pull a muscle / lightning / spark / a flash / to flash (across one's mind) / to leave behind / (Internet slang) (of a display of affection) "dazzlingly" saccharine 鸭 duck / CL:隻|只[zhi1] / (slang) male prostitute 鸳 mandarin duck 鸯 mandarin duck 鹜 duck 鸂 a kind of water bird resembling a duck 鶩 tame duck 赶 鸭 子 上 架 gǎn yā zi shàng jià lit. to drive a duck onto a perch (idiom) / fig. to push sb to do sth way beyond their ability 刻 鹄 类 鹜 kè hú lèi wù to aim to carve a swan and get a semblance of a duck (idiom) / to fail utterly in trying to copy something / to get a reasonably good, if not perfect, result 唐 老 鸭 Táng Lǎo yā Donald Duck 煮 熟 的 鸭 子 飞 了 zhǔ shú de yā zi fēi le the cooked duck flew away (proverb) / (fig.) to let a sure thing slip through one's fingers 鴄 wild duck 鸂 鶒 xī chì a kind of water bird resembling a mandarin duck 家 鸭 jiā yā domestic duck 家 鸭 绿 头 鸭 jiā yā lu:4 tóu yā mallard / duck (Anas platyrhyncha) 鸡 同 鸭 讲 jī tóng yā jiǎng lit. chicken speaking with duck / fig. talking without communicating / people not understanding each other 鸭 子 汤 yā zi tāng Duck soup 凤 头 潜 鸭 fèng tóu qián yā (bird species of China) tufted duck (Aythya fuligula) 白 头 硬 尾 鸭 bái tóu yìng wěi yā (bird species of China) white-headed duck (Oxyura leucocephala) 斑 嘴 鸭 bān zuǐ yā (bird species of China) eastern spot-billed duck (Anas zonorhyncha) 栗 树 鸭 lì shù yā (bird species of China) lesser whistling duck (Dendrocygna javanica) 瘤 鸭 liú yā (bird species of China) knob-billed duck (Sarkidiornis melanotos) 莱 桑 鸭 lái sāng yā Laysan duck 白 头 树 鸭 white-faced whistling duck 双 色 树 鸭 fulvous whistling duck 待 毙 dài bì to await death / to be a sitting duck 春 江 水 暖 鸭 先 知 chūn jiāng shuǐ nuǎn yā xiān zhī lit. the duck is the first to know if the spring water is warm (idiom) / fig. an expert in the field knows which way the wind blows 㶉 鶒 xī chì a kind of waterbird resembling a mandarin duck 丑 鸭 chǒu yā (bird species of China) harlequin duck (Histrionicus histrionicus) 印 缅 斑 嘴 鸭 Yìn miǎn bān zuǐ yā (bird species of China) Indian spot-billed duck (Anas poecilorhyncha) 棕 颈 鸭 zōng jǐng yā (bird species of China) Philippine duck (Anas luzonica) 罗 纹 鸭 luó wén yā (bird species of China) falcated duck (Anas falcata) 长 尾 鸭 cháng wěi yā (bird species of China) long-tailed duck (Clangula hyemalis) 毛 鸭 蛋 máo yā dàn balut (boiled duck egg with a partly-developed embryo, which is eaten from the shell) 鸭 仔 蛋 yā zǐ dàn balut (boiled duck egg with a partly-developed embryo, which is eaten from the shell) 一 学 就 会 yī xué jiù huì to pick up (a skill) in a very short time / to take to sth like a duck to water
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