"yuanyang" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: yuanyangs [plural]
Etymology: Borrowed from Mandarin 鴛鴦/鸳鸯 (yuānyāng, literally “male (鴛) and female (鴦) mandarin duck”). Etymology templates: {{lang|zh|鴛}} 鴛, {{lang|zh|鴦}} 鴦, {{bor|en|cmn|鴛鴦|lit=male (鴛) and female (鴦) mandarin duck|tr=yuānyāng}} Mandarin 鴛鴦/鸳鸯 (yuānyāng, literally “male (鴛) and female (鴦) mandarin duck”) Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} yuanyang (countable and uncountable, plural yuanyangs)
  1. (China) A pair of mandarin ducks, one male and one female, as a symbol of faithful union. Tags: China, countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Beverages, Love
    Sense id: en-yuanyang-en-noun-jnO3wZ90 Disambiguation of Beverages: 73 27 Disambiguation of Love: 77 23 Categories (other): Chinese English, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 66 34 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 69 31 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 70 30
  2. Synonym of yuenyeung Tags: countable, uncountable Synonyms: yuenyeung [synonym, synonym-of]
    Sense id: en-yuanyang-en-noun-lsoNPPNv
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: yuanyang hudie pai

Inflected forms

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          "ref": "2012, Avani Burdett, Delicatessen Cookbook - Burdett's Delicatessen Recipes, →ISBN:",
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