鸯

野鸳鸯

yě yuān yāng

wild mandarin duck

鸳鸯

yuān yāng

(bird species of China) mandarin duck (Aix galericulata)

鸳鸯戏水

yuān yāng xì shuǐ

lit. mandarin ducks playing in the water

鸳鸯浴

yuān yāng yù

taking a bath together as a couple

鸳鸯蝴蝶

yuān yang hú dié

derogatory reference to populist and romantic writing around 1900

鸳鸯蝴蝶派

yuān yang hú dié pài

Mandarin ducks and butterfly (i.e. love birds) literary school around 1900, criticized as populist and romantic by socialist realists

鸳鸯锅

yuān yang guō

"mandarin ducks" pot (hot pot with a divider, containing spicy soup on one side, mild soup on the other)

棒打鸳鸯

bàng dǎ yuān yāng

(idiom) to cruelly separate lovers (esp. by family or societal pressure); to forcibly break up a couple against their will