to swim or float in the water; used in some regional dialects instead of the standard word [[游泳|游泳|you2 yong3]]

(idiom) moving as fast as a running rabbit or a soaring duck; acting with extreme speed

watercock; a bird of the rail family (Gallicrex cinerea)

(literary) Chinese water chestnut; same as [[荸荠|荸薺|bi2 qi5]]

water chestnut; same as [[荸荠|荸薺|bi2 qi5]]

Brasenia schreberi, an aquatic plant whose young leaves and stems are eaten as a vegetable

to waddle forward like a wild duck; used to describe a person rushing forward in high spirits or joyful anticipation

(literary) a person who has lost their spouse; used to describe the sadness of being single or widowed

to be ashamed of one's own shortcomings while envying the strengths or competence of others; literally means the wild duck is ashamed of its short legs and envies the long legs of the crane

To interfere with the natural order or violate objective laws; literally to cut short the crane's long legs and extend the wild duck's short legs, causing misery to both.

small perching duck also known as the cotton teal

A type of wading bird in the plover family, known for its distinctive crest and metallic green-black feathers. It typically lives in wetlands or fields and is found across Europe, Asia, and North Africa.

To have an unclear understanding or make an erroneous judgment because one is limited by a subjective perspective, from a story where a person from Yue mistook a swan for a duck and a person from Chu mistook it for a swallow [[鳦|鳦|yi3]] (here written as [[乙|乙|yi3]])