鴛鴦

Noun

 * 1) mandarin duck
 * 2)  ruddy shelduck
 * 3)  objects or people occurring in inseparable pairs
 * 4)  affectionate couple; happily married couple
 * 5) yuenyeung a beverage made from mixing coffee with Hong Kong-style milk tea
 * 1) yuenyeung a beverage made from mixing coffee with Hong Kong-style milk tea

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Etymology 1
From. First cited to the  of 720.



Further derivation unclear. Possibly from Old and Classical Japanese adjective, from the way the ducks are believed to mate for life and seldom stray far from one another. This interpretation is traced back to readings applied to the  and understandings of the.

The spelling is from, with representing the male bird and  representing the female bird.

Noun

 * 1)   older name of the
 * 2)  a kind of  featuring a mandarin duck

Etymology 2
From. First cited to the  of 759.

Compound of 🇰🇲.

Noun

 * 1)  a mandarin duck,
 * 2)   a pair of lovebirds, a loving couple
 * 3)  a topknot or bun hairstyle wherein the hair is bunched on each side in a shape vaguely resembling two mandarin ducks

Etymology 3
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From. First cited in Japanese to a text from 835.

Noun

 * 1)   a mandarin duck,
 * 2)   a pair of lovebirds, a loving couple