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鱼雁
yú​yàn

letters

Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents
鱼雁 魚雁 yú​yàn
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.

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Cross-References

Same as

  • 鳞鸿 lín​hóng

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