鸳鸯蝴蝶 in English yuan1 yang5 hu2 die2 Meaning

Meanings

  • Mandarin ducks and butterfly (that is to say love birds)
  • derogatory reference to populist and romantic writing around 1900

Simplified Characters

鸳 鸯 蝴 蝶

Traditional Characters

鴛 鴦 蝴 蝶

Pinyin

yuan1 yang5 hu2 die2

Literal

Literal explanation, with pronunciation and meaning of each character.

鸳yuan1mandarin duck 鸯yang1mandarin duck 蝴hu2butterfly 蝶die2variant of 蝶[die2]