雁
yàn
Pinyin

Definition

雁
 - 
yàn
  1. wild goose
雁 (鴈)
 - 
yàn
  1. variant of 雁[yàn]

Character Decomposition

Compounds (4)

赝
yàn
  1. 1 variant: 赝 yàn
赝
yàn
  1. 1 false
赝
yàn
  1. 1 variant: 赝 yàn
赝
yàn
  1. 1 false

Related Words (16)

大雁
dà yàn
  1. 1 wild goose
  2. 2 classifier: 只 zhī
沉鱼落雁
chén yú luò yàn
  1. 1 lit. fish sink, goose alights (idiom, from Zhuangzi 莊子|庄子); fig. female beauty captivating even the birds and beasts
雁荡山
Yàn dàng shān
  1. 1 Yandang mountains, famous scenic area in southeast Zhejiang
鸿雁
hóng yàn
  1. 1 (bird species of China) swan goose (Anser cygnoides)
大雁塔
Dà yàn tǎ
  1. 1 Giant Wild Goose Pagoda in Xi'an

Idioms (3)

沉鱼落雁
chén yú luò yàn
  1. 1 lit. fish sink, goose alights (idiom, from Zhuangzi 莊子|庄子); fig. female beauty captivating even the birds and beasts
雁杳鱼沉
yàn yǎo yú chén
  1. 1 without news from sb (idiom)
鱼沉雁杳
yú chén yàn yǎo
  1. 1 lit. the fish sinks, the goose vanishes into the distance (idiom); a letter does not arrive
  2. 2 lost in transmission

Sample Sentences

所以说你的品味有问题嘛。说得好听点是邻家小女孩儿，其实就一土包子。中国比她漂亮的女孩儿一抓就是一大把。她要脸蛋没脸蛋，要身材没身材。面黄肌瘦，简直就是营养不良。扔在人群里绝对没人注意。只是到了好莱坞，物以稀为贵，才被捧上了天，觉得她是沉鱼落雁的东方美人。
suǒyǐ shuō nǐ de pǐnwèi yǒuwèntí ma 。shuō de hǎotīng diǎn shì línjiā xiǎonǚháir ，qíshí jiù yī tǔbāozi 。Zhōngguó bǐ tā piàoliang de nǚháir yī zhuā jiùshì yīdàbǎ 。tā yào liǎndàn méi liǎndàn ，yào shēncái méi shēncái 。miànhuángjīshòu ，jiǎnzhí jiùshì yíngyǎng bùliáng 。rēng zài rénqún lǐ juéduì méirén zhùyì 。zhǐshì dào le Hǎoláiwù ，wùyǐxīwéiguì ，cái bèi pěngshàng le tiān ，juéde tā shì chényúluòyàn de dōngfāng měirén 。
So that's why I say there's something wrong with your taste. To put a nice gloss on it, she's the-girl-next-door. Actually, she's a country bumpkin. In China, prettier girls than her are a dime a dozen. Her face is nothing great, and neither is her figure. Her face is yellow and there's no meat on her bones. She's just not getting enough nutrition. If you had her stand in a crowd, no one would pay attention to her. It's just that when she got to Hollywood, rare things are more valuable, and she was put on a pedestal. They thought she was an unspeakably beautiful Eastern lady.
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雁过也，正伤心，却是旧时相识。
yàn guò yě ，zhèng shāngxīn ，quèshì jiùshí xiāngshí 。
Geese fly by, the coincidence stirs up heartache, my old acquaintances.
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一群大雁飞往南方。
yī qún dàyàn fēi wǎng nánfāng 。
A flock of geese flew south.
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一群大雁往南飞，
yī qún dàyàn wǎng nán fēi ，
A flock of geese are flying south,
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嗯，外表柔弱，内心坚强。她身着红袍，怀抱琵琶的造型很经典，放到现在也是很潮的。怪不得头上飞着的大雁都会因为她的美而纷纷落下。
ng4 ，wàibiǎo róuruò ，nèixīn jiānqiáng 。tā shēn zhuó hóngpáo ，huái bào pípa de zàoxíng hěn jīngdiǎn ，fàngdào xiànzài yě shì hěn cháo de 。guàibude tóu shàng fēi zhe de dàyàn dōu huì yīnwèi tā de měi ér fēnfēn luòxià 。
Yeah. She was frail on the outside but had a strong will. The image of her wearing a red robe and cradling a pipa in her hands is very classic; even today it'd be considered very fashionable. No wonder geese flying overhead would fall to the ground at the sight of her beauty.
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