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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
force feeding (as a teaching method)
lit. chicken speaking with duck / fig. talking without communicating / people not understanding each other
Donald Duck
roast duck
HSK 5
duck / male prostitute (slang)
HSK 5
(slang) Spain
pressed (dried) salted duck
the cooked duck flew away (proverb) / (fig.) to let a sure thing slip through one's fingers
(bird species of China) northern shoveler (Spatula clypeata)
(bird species of China) mallard (Anas platyrhynchos)
(bird species of China) red-crested pochard (Netta rufina)
Shuangyashan, prefecture-level city in Heilongjiang Province 黑龍江省|黑龙江省
(bird species of China) marbled teal; marbled duck (Marmaronetta angustirostris)
hadrosaur (duck-billed dinosaur)
duck feet (claws)
(bird species of China) common goldeneye (Bucephala clangula)
Peking Duck
(bird species of China) common pochard (Aythya ferina)
(Tw) unreasonable / overbearing / with no regard for others
lit. to drive a duck onto a perch (idiom) / fig. to push sb to do sth way beyond their ability
(bird species of China) crested shelduck (Tadorna cristata)
(bird species of China) smew (Mergellus albellus)
platypus
Yalu River, forming part of the China-Korea border
(bird species of China) white-headed duck (Oxyura leucocephala)
(slang) (of a man) to work as a prostitute
to force-feed ducks / (cooking) stuffed duck
(bird species of China) Stejneger's scoter (Melanitta stejnegeri)
(bird species of China) Philippine duck (Anas luzonica)
(bird species of China) American wigeon (Anas americana)
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duck (CL:隻|只) / (slang) male prostitute
Ruddy Shelduck (Tadorna ferruginea) / same as 赤麻鴨|赤麻鸭
(bird species of China) Eurasian teal (Anas crecca)
(bird species of China) greater scaup (Aythya marila)
(bird species of China) green-winged teal (Anas carolinensis)
"The Ugly Duckling" by Hans Christian Andersen 安徒生
ugly duckling
(bird species of China) canvasback (Aythya valisineria)
(bird species of China) gadwall (Mareca strepera)
wild duck / mallard (Anas platyrhyncha)
(bird species of China) northern pintail (Anas acuta)
(bird species of China) long-tailed duck (Clangula hyemalis)
salted duck egg
(bird species of China) Baer's pochard (Aythya baeri)
(bird species of China) harlequin duck (Histrionicus histrionicus)
(bird species of China) eastern spot-billed duck (Anas zonorhyncha)
(bird species of China) Eurasian wigeon (Mareca penelope)
(bird species of China) Indian spot-billed duck (Anas poecilorhyncha)
(bird species of China) knob-billed duck (Sarkidiornis melanotos)
(bird species of China) garganey (Spatula querquedula)
(bird species of China) black scoter (Melanitta americana)
(bird species of China) lesser whistling duck (Dendrocygna javanica)
pale blue
balut (boiled duck egg with a partly-developed embryo, which is eaten from the shell)
(fig.) to score 0 (on a test, in competition etc)
domestic duck
(bird species of China) Baikal teal (Sibirionetta formosa)
(bird species of China) tufted duck (Aythya fuligula)
mallard / duck (Anas platyrhyncha)
(bird species of China) red-breasted merganser (Mergus serrator)
peaked cap
(bird species of China) ruddy shelduck (Tadorna ferruginea)
(bird species of China) common merganser (Mergus merganser)
non-swimmer
balut (boiled duck egg with a partly-developed embryo, which is eaten from the shell)
Chinese white pear (Pyrus × bretschneideri)
(bird species of China) Steller's eider (Polysticta stelleri)
(bird species of China) common shelduck (Tadorna tadorna)
(bird species of China) falcated duck (Mareca falcata)
(bird species of China) scaly-sided merganser (Mergus squamatus)
variant of 塗鴉|涂鸦 / graffiti / scrawl / poor calligraphy / to write badly / to scribble
(coll.) duck's egg


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