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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for: 鸳鸯戏水

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
鸳鸯戏水 yuān yāng xì shuǐ - lit. mandarin ducks playing in the water
- fig. to make love

List Ranking:

Where rank 1 is most common, and higher numbers are less common.

HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
- - - 91,917 52,780

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
yuān- mandarin duck
yāng- used in 鴛鴦|鸳鸯[yuan1yang1]
- variant of 戲|戏[xi4]
- trick
- drama
- play
- show
- CL:齣|出[chu1],場|场[chang3],臺|台[tai2]
shuǐ- surname Shui
shuǐ- water
- (after a name) ... River
- to swim (used mostly in 會水|会水[hui4shui3] and 水性[shui3xing4])
- (coll.) lacking in substance; shoddy
- (bound form) additional cost; extra income
- classifier for washings of a garment

Other Words Containing 鸳鸯戏水

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Word HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo