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煮熟的鸭子飞了

zhǔ shú de yā zi fēi le

7-character word Traditional 煮熟的鴨子飛了

What 煮熟的鸭子飞了 means

1. the cooked duck flew away (proverb)
2. (fig.) to let a sure thing slip through one's fingers

The characters in 煮熟的鸭子飞了

• 煮zhǔto cook; to boil
• 熟shúripe; mature; thoroughly cooked; done; familiar; acquainted
• 的deof; ~'s (possessive particle); (used after an attribute when it modifies a noun)…
• 鸭yāduck; (slang) male prostitute
• 子zinoun suffix, as in 椅子
• 飞fēito fly
• 了le(completed action marker); (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now)…

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