鸳鸯蝴蝶 (鴛鴦蝴蝶)
yuān yang hú dié
Pinyin
Definition
鸳鸯蝴蝶 (鴛鴦蝴蝶)
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- Mandarin ducks and butterfly (i.e. love birds)
- derogatory reference to populist and romantic writing around 1900
Character Decomposition
Related Words (14)
- 1 (of a flower) to attract bees and butterflies
- 2 (fig.) to attract the opposite sex
- 3 to flirt
- 1 swallow tail butterfly (family Papilionidae)
- 1 lit. to break through a cocoon and turn into a butterfly (idiom)
- 2 fig. to emerge strong after a period of struggle
- 3 to get to a better place after going through difficult period
Idioms (1)
破茧成蝶
- 1 lit. to break through a cocoon and turn into a butterfly (idiom)
- 2 fig. to emerge strong after a period of struggle
- 3 to get to a better place after going through difficult period