斑头雁 (斑頭雁)
bān tóu yàn
Pinyin
Definition
斑头雁 (斑頭雁)
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- (bird species of China) bar-headed goose (Anser indicus)
Character Decomposition
Idioms (5)
沉鱼落雁
- 1 lit. fish sink, goose alights (idiom, from Zhuangzi 莊子|庄子); fig. female beauty captivating even the birds and beasts
略见一斑
- 1 lit. to glimpse just one spot (of the panther) (idiom)
- 2 fig. to get an inkling of the whole picture
窥豹一斑
- 1 lit. see one spot on a leopard (idiom); fig. a restricted view
雁杳鱼沉
- 1 without news from sb (idiom)
鱼沉雁杳
- 1 lit. the fish sinks, the goose vanishes into the distance (idiom); a letter does not arrive
- 2 lost in transmission