鴛鴦蝴蝶

Mandarin ducks and butterfly (i.e. love birds) / derogatory reference to populist and romantic writing around 1900

mandarin duck

(bird species of China) mandarin duck (Aix galericulata) / (fig.) affectionate couple / happily married couple

(bird species of China) mandarin duck (Aix galericulata) / (fig.) affectionate couple; happily married couple

mandarin duck

used in 蝴蝶[hu2 die2]

butterfly / CL:隻|只[zhi1]

variant of 蝶[die2]

(bound form) butterfly

Mandarin ducks and butterfly (i.e. love birds) literary school around 1900, criticized as populist and romantic by socialist realists