created sense approved 鱼雁/魚雁 · yúyàn · letters — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"
鱼雁 / 魚雁
yúyàn
letters
(literary) letters; epistles; mail. In ancient legends, messages were hidden in the bellies of fish or tied to the legs of wild geese, so this term became a common way to refer to correspondence in literature.
鱼 (literal) → 鱼/魚 · yú · fish 雁 (literal) → 雁 · yàn · wild goose
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