雁 yàn
yàn
noun
a wild goose
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
, Subdomain: Zoology
, Concept: Bird 鸟
Notes: (CC-CEDICT '雁'; Guoyu '雁'; Unihan '雁')
Contained in
- 灰雁 greylag goose (Anser anser)
- 白额雁(白額雁) greater white-fronted goose (Anser albifrons)
- 雁形目 Anseriformes
- 望断南飞雁(望斷南飛雁) the wild geese flying south are out of sight
- 加拿大雁 cackling goose (Branta hutchinsii)
- 斑头雁(斑頭雁) bar-headed goose (Anser indicus)
- 征雁 migrating geese
- 大雁 a wild goose
- 豆雁 taiga bean goose (Anser fabalis)
- 鸿雁于征(鴻雁於征) wild geese journey far
- 鱼沉雁杳(魚沉雁杳) the fish sinks, the goose vanishes into the distance; a letter does not arrive
- 黑雁 brant goose (Branta bernicla)
- 断雁孤鸿(斷雁孤鴻) solitary goose, cut off from the flock
- 雁鸭科(雁鴨科) Anatidae
- 雁杳鱼沉(雁杳魚沈) without news from somebody
- 鸿雁(鴻雁) swan goose
- 白颊黑雁(白頰黑雁) barnacle goose (Branta leucopsis)
- 雪雁 snow goose (Anser caerulescens)
- 胡雁 Tatar goose, wild goose found in territories northwest of China in ancient times
- 小白额雁(小白額雁) lesser white-fronted goose (Anser erythropus)
- 雁过拔毛(雁過拔毛) to grab feathers from a flying goose; to seize any opportunity; pragmatic
- 红胸黑雁(紅胸黑雁) red-breasted goose (Branta ruficollis)
- 雁纹(雁紋) goose design
- 沉鱼落雁(沉魚落雁) fish sink, goose alights
- 短嘴豆雁 tundra bean goose (Anser serrirostris)
Also contained in
小雁塔 、 雁江 、 刘宾雁 、 雁峰 、 雁山 、 雁江区 、 雁门关 、 雁塔 、 雁荡 、 雁荡山 、 雁门 、 雁塔区 、 雁山区 、 雁峰区 、 大雁塔
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Truncated for common words
- 卷五十五 志第三十一 禮九 Volume 55 Treatises 31: Rites 9 History of Ming 明史 — count: 27
- 卷十八 志第八 禮樂八 Volume 18 Treatises 8: Rites and Music 8 New Book of Tang 新唐書 — count: 11
- 卷二十一 志第十一 禮下 Volume 21 Treatises 11: Rites Part Three Book of Jin 晉書 — count: 8
- 卷一百四十二 志第九十五 樂十七 Volume 142 Treatises 95: Music 17 History of Song 宋史 — count: 7
- 第五十六回 Chapter 56 Water Margin 水滸傳 — count: 7
- 卷一百十五 志第六十八 禮十八 Volume 115 Treatises 68: Rites 18 History of Song 宋史 — count: 7
- 卷十四 志第四 禮一 Volume 14 Treatises 4: Rituals 1 Book of Song 宋書 — count: 6
- 第六十四回 Chapter 64 Romance of the Three Kingdoms 三國演義 — count: 6
- 卷六十七 列傳第二十七 謝靈運 Volume 67 Biographies 27: Xie Lingyun Book of Song 宋書 — count: 5
- 卷四十三 志第十九 地理四 Volume 43 Treatises 19: Geography 4 History of Ming 明史 — count: 4
Collocations
- 雁行 (雁行) 兄之齒雁行 — The Book of Rites 禮記, 《王制》 Royal Regulations — count: 15
- 羔雁 (羔雁) 羔雁雉腒 — Gongyang's Commentary on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋公羊傳, 莊公 Lord Zhang — count: 6
- 雁北 (雁北) 雁北鄉 — The Book of Rites 禮記, 《月令》 Proceedings of Government in the Different Months — count: 5
- 白雁 (白雁) 皆用白雁 — Book of Jin 晉書, 卷二十一 志第十一 禮下 Volume 21 Treatises 11: Rites Part Three — count: 5
- 执雁 (執雁) 婿執雁入 — The Book of Rites 禮記, 《昏義》 The Meaning of the Marriage Ceremony — count: 4
- 雁雉 (雁雉) 羔雁雉腒 — Gongyang's Commentary on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋公羊傳, 莊公 Lord Zhang — count: 3
- 鸣雁 (鳴雁) 有鸣雁亭 — Book of Later Han 後漢書, 第二十一 郡國三 兗州 徐州 Volume 111: Commanderies and States Part Three — count: 3
- 归雁 (歸雁) 過歸雁于碣石 — Huainanzi 淮南子, 卷六 覽冥訓 Chapter 6: Observing the Obscure — count: 3
- 雁鹜 (雁鶩) 而君雁鶩有餘粟 — Garden of Stories 說苑, 卷八 尊賢 Chapter 8: Respecting Talent — count: 3
- 奠雁 (奠雁) 再拜奠雁 — The Book of Rites 禮記, 《昏義》 The Meaning of the Marriage Ceremony — count: 3