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春江水暖鸭先知
chūn jiāng shuǐ nuǎn yā xiān zhī
What 春江水暖鸭先知 means
- lit. the duck is the first to know if the spring water is warm (idiom)
- fig. an expert in the field knows which way the wind blows
The characters in 春江水暖鸭先知
- 春chūnspring (season); gay; joyful
- 江jiāngriver
- 水shuǐwater; (after a name) ... River; to swim (used mostly in 会水
- 暖nuǎnwarm; to warm
- 鸭yāduck; (slang) male prostitute
- 先xiānbeforehand; first; earlier; at first; originally; for the time being; for now
- 知zhīto know; to be aware
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