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鴛鴦戲水
jyun1 joeng1 hei3 seoi2
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a male and a female swimming or taking a bath together (lit., "two mandarin ducks playing in water")  Level: 3 This term is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese. |
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This word has been viewed 2151 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by bybell on 14th Nov 2008 19:10 and last edited on 16th May 2020 07:11 |
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Characters in this word:鴛 jyun1 jin1 - male mandarin duck鴦 joeng1 - female mandarin duck 戲 hei3 - movie; drama; play; show; tease 水 seoi2 - water; liquid; dough (money) | ||
One Cantonese Homophone / Homophone Variant for this word:
鴛鴦汽水
jyun1 joeng1 hei3 seoi2 = mixing two kinds of soda/drinks together |
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