鸭子 鴨子 yā zi duck / male prostitute (slang) syn 每日 měi rì daily / (soup etc) of the day syn 鸡汤 雞湯 jī tāng chicken stock / chicken soup / (fig.) chicken soup for the soul – i.e. feel-good motivational stories (often used disparagingly because the stories don't really effect change in people's lives) 汤匙 湯匙 tāng chí soup spoon / tablespoon / CL:把[ba3] 肉汤 肉湯 ròu tāng meat soup / broth syn 浓汤 濃湯 nóng tāng thick soup / puree 冷面 冷麵 lěng miàn naengmyeon (Korean dish based on cold noodles in soup) 馄饨 餛飩 hún tun wonton / Chinese ravioli (served in soup) / Taiwan pr. [hun2dun5] syn 野鸭 野鴨 yě yā wild duck / mallard (Anas platyrhyncha) syn 汤勺 湯勺 tāng sháo soup ladle 烤鸭 烤鴨 kǎo yā roast duck 汤面 湯麵 tāng miàn noodles in soup syn 面汤 麵湯 miàn tāng noodle soup / noodles in soup / noodle broth syn 糖水 táng shuǐ syrup / sweetened water / tong sui (sweet soup) 清汤 清湯 qīng tāng broth / clear soup / consommé 高汤 高湯 gāo tāng clear soup / soup stock 泡饭 泡飯 pào fàn to soak cooked rice in soup or water / cooked rice reheated in boiling water 垫板 diàn pàn duck-board 牛肉面 牛肉麵 niú ròu miàn beef noodle soup 麻辣烫 麻辣燙 má là tàng hot spicy soup (often sold at street stalls) 酸辣汤 酸辣湯 suān là tāng hot and sour soup / sour and spicy soup 咸鸭蛋 鹹鴨蛋 xián yā dàn salted duck egg 鸳鸯 鴛鴦 yuān yāng (bird species of China) mandarin duck (Aix galericulata) / (fig.) affectionate couple / happily married couple syn 煲汤 煲湯 bāo tāng to simmer / soup made by simmering for a long time 板面 板麵 bǎn miàn pan mee, aka banmian, a Hakka noodle soup dish, popular in Malaysia 北京烤鸭 北京烤鴨 běi jīng kǎo yā Peking Duck 板鸭 板鴨 bǎn yā pressed (dried) salted duck 羹汤 羹湯 gēng tāng soup 汤 湯 tāng soup / hot or boiling water / decoction of medicinal herbs / water in which sth has been boiled syn 闪 閃 shǎn to dodge / to duck out of the way / to beat it / shaken (by a fall) / to sprain / to pull a muscle / lightning / spark / a flash / to flash (across one's mind) / to leave behind / (Internet slang) (of a display of affection) "dazzlingly" saccharine syn 鸭 鴨 yā duck (CL:隻|只[zhi1]) / (slang) male prostitute syn 涮 shuàn to rinse / to trick / to fool sb / to cook by dipping finely sliced ingredients briefly in boiling water or soup (generally done at the dining table) syn 羹 gēng thick soup syn 填鸭 tián yā to force-feed ducks / (cooking) stuffed duck 鹜 鶩 wù duck syn 鸭掌 鴨掌 yā zhǎng duck feet (claws) 毛血旺 máo xuè wàng duck's blood and beef tripe in spicy soup 野鸳鸯 野鴛鴦 yě yuān yāng wild mandarin duck / (derog.) illicit lovers / unorthodox couple 鸳 鴛 yuān mandarin duck 糨 jiàng (of soup, paste etc) thick syn 唐老鸭 唐老鴨 táng lǎo yā Donald Duck 汤碗 湯碗 tāng wǎn soup bowl 金丝燕 金絲燕 jīn sī yàn Aerodramus, genus of birds that use echolocation, a subset of the Collocaliini tribe (swiflets), two of whose species – Aerodramus fuciphagus and Aerodramus maximus – build nests harvested to make bird's nest soup 干面 乾麵 gān miàn noodles mixed with a sauce and served with toppings (not in a soup) / (dialect) flour 铏 鉶 xíng soup cauldron / (arch.) sacrificial tripod with two handles and a lid / old variant of 硎[xing2] 鸂 xī a kind of water bird resembling a duck 臐 xūn lamb soup 鶩 wù tame duck 鴢 yòu (duck) 赶鸭子上架 趕鴨子上架 gǎn yā zi shàng jià lit. to drive a duck onto a perch (idiom) / fig. to push sb to do sth way beyond their ability 刻鹄类鹜 刻鵠類鶩 kè hú lèi wù to aim to carve a swan and get a semblance of a duck (idiom) / to fail utterly in trying to copy something / to get a reasonably good, if not perfect, result 羹藜含糗 gēng lí hán qiǔ nothing but herb soup and dry provisions to eat (idiom) / to survive on a coarse diet / à la guerre comme à la guerre 羹藜唅糗 gēng lí hān qiǔ nothing but herb soup and dry provisions to eat (idiom) / to survive on a coarse diet / à la guerre comme à la guerre 蛋花汤 蛋花湯 dàn huā tāng clear soup containing beaten egg and green leafy vegetable / eggdrop soup 汤料 湯料 tāng liào raw materials for making soup / packaged soup mix 鸳鸯锅 鴛鴦鍋 yuān yang guō "mandarin ducks" pot (hot pot with a divider, containing spicy soup on one side, mild soup on the other) 鴄 pī wild duck 鸂鶒 xī chì a kind of water bird resembling a mandarin duck 家鸭 家鴨 jiā yā domestic duck syn 家鸭绿头鸭 家鴨綠頭鴨 jiā yā lǜ tóu yā mallard / duck (Anas platyrhyncha) 棘鼻青岛龙 棘鼻青島龍 jí bí qīng dǎo lóng Tsintaosaurus spinorhinus, a 10 meter long hadrosaur with a single horn on its duck-billed snout 鸡同鸭讲 雞同鴨講 jī tóng yā jiǎng lit. chicken speaking with duck / fig. talking without communicating / people not understanding each other 鸭嘴龙 鴨嘴龍 yā zuǐ lóng hadrosaur (duck-billed dinosaur) 鹥 鷖 yī wigeon (Anas penelope, a Eurasian duck) / seagull (arch.) 凤头潜鸭 鳳頭潛鴨 fèng tóu qián yā (bird species of China) tufted duck (Aythya fuligula) 白头硬尾鸭 白頭硬尾鴨 bái tóu yìng wěi yā (bird species of China) white-headed duck (Oxyura leucocephala) 斑嘴鸭 斑嘴鴨 bān zuǐ yā (bird species of China) eastern spot-billed duck (Anas zonorhyncha) 栗树鸭 栗樹鴨 lì shù yā (bird species of China) lesser whistling duck (Dendrocygna javanica) 瘤鸭 瘤鴨 liú yā (bird species of China) knob-billed duck (Sarkidiornis melanotos) 莱桑鸭 萊桑鴨 lái sāng yā Laysan duck 白头树鸭 白頭樹鴨 white-faced whistling duck 双色树鸭 雙色樹鴨 fulvous whistling duck 待毙 待斃 dài bì to await death / to be a sitting duck 春江水暖鸭先知 春江水暖鴨先知 chūn jiāng shuǐ nuǎn yā xiān zhī lit. the duck is the first to know if the spring water is warm (idiom) / fig. an expert in the field knows which way the wind blows 鸭子儿 鴨子兒 yā zǐ r (coll.) duck's egg syn 㶉鶒 鸂鶒 xī chì a kind of waterbird resembling a mandarin duck 丑鸭 丑鴨 chǒu yā (bird species of China) harlequin duck (Histrionicus histrionicus) 印缅斑嘴鸭 印緬斑嘴鴨 yìn miǎn bān zuǐ yā (bird species of China) Indian spot-billed duck (Anas poecilorhyncha) 棕颈鸭 棕頸鴨 zōng jǐng yā (bird species of China) Philippine duck (Anas luzonica) 罗纹鸭 羅紋鴨 luó wén yā (bird species of China) falcated duck (Mareca falcata) 长尾鸭 長尾鴨 cháng wěi yā (bird species of China) long-tailed duck (Clangula hyemalis) 云石斑鸭 雲石斑鴨 yún shí bān yā (bird species of China) marbled teal / marbled duck (Marmaronetta angustirostris) 毛鸭蛋 毛鴨蛋 máo yā dàn balut (boiled duck egg with a partly-developed embryo, which is eaten from the shell) 鸭仔蛋 鴨仔蛋 yā zǐ dàn balut (boiled duck egg with a partly-developed embryo, which is eaten from the shell) 煮熟的鸭子飞了 煮熟的鴨子飛了 zhǔ shú de yā zi fēi le the cooked duck flew away (proverb) / (fig.) to let a sure thing slip through one's fingers 一学就会 一學就會 yī xué jiù huì to pick up (a skill) in a very short time / to take to sth like a duck to water 印缅斑嘴鸭 印緬斑嘴鴨 yìn - miǎn bān zuǐ yā (bird species of China) Indian spot-billed duck (Anas poecilorhyncha) 㶉𫛶 鸂鶒 xī chì a kind of waterbird resembling a mandarin duck 𬸚𬸦 鸑鷟 yuè zhuó (literary) mythical bird similar to a phoenix / (archaic) waterbird similar to a large duck 歠 chuò (literary) to drink / to sip / gruel / soup 膷 xiāng hashed beef / soup 鉶 xíng soup cauldron / (arch.) sacrificial tripod with two handles and a lid / variant of 硎, whetstone 一杯羹 yī bēi gēng lit. a cup of soup / fig. to get part of the profits / one's share of the action 味噌汤 味噌湯 wèi cēng tāng miso soup 小龙汤包 小龍湯包 xiǎo lóng tāng bāo steamed soup dumpling 氽汤 氽湯 tǔn tāng to prepare a soup 汤汁 湯汁 tāng zhī soup / broth 汤盘 湯盤 tāng pán soup plate 汤类 湯類 tāng lèi soup dishes (on menu) 