野鸭 野鴨 yě yā wild duck / mallard (Anas platyrhyncha) syn 鹥 鷖 yī wigeon (Anas penelope, a Eurasian duck) / seagull (arch.) 斑嘴鸭 斑嘴鴨 bān zuǐ yā (bird species of China) eastern spot-billed duck (Anas zonorhyncha) 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) 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) 针尾鸭 針尾鴨 zhēn wěi yā (bird species of China) northern pintail (Anas acuta) 绿头鸭 綠頭鴨 lǜ tóu yā (bird species of China) mallard (Anas platyrhynchos) syn 绿翅鸭 綠翅鴨 lǜ chì yā (bird species of China) Eurasian teal (Anas crecca) 美洲绿翅鸭 美洲綠翅鴨 měi zhōu lǜ chì yā (bird species of China) green-winged teal (Anas carolinensis) 葡萄胸鸭 葡萄胸鴨 pú táo xiōng yā (bird species of China) American wigeon (Anas americana) 鸳鸯 鴛鴦 yuān yāng (bird species of China) mandarin duck (Aix galericulata) / (fig.) affectionate couple / happily married couple syn 鸭子 鴨子 yā zi duck / male prostitute (slang) syn 烤鸭 烤鴨 kǎo yā roast duck 北京烤鸭 北京烤鴨 běi jīng kǎo yā Peking Duck 垫板 diàn pàn duck-board 板鸭 板鴨 bǎn yā pressed (dried) salted duck 咸鸭蛋 鹹鴨蛋 xián yā dàn salted duck egg 鸭掌 鴨掌 yā zhǎng duck feet (claws) 填鸭 tián yā to force-feed ducks / (cooking) stuffed duck 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 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 鸳 鴛 yuān mandarin duck 鹜 鶩 wù duck syn 鸂 xī a kind of water bird resembling a duck 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 鴄 pī wild duck 鸂鶒 xī chì a kind of water bird resembling a mandarin duck 唐老鸭 唐老鴨 táng lǎo yā Donald Duck 家鸭 家鴨 jiā yā domestic duck syn 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) 鸭子汤 鴨子湯 yā zi tāng Duck soup 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) 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) 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 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 