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煮熟的鴨子飛了
简 煮熟的鸭子飞了 · 繁 煮熟的鴨子飛了Mandarin · pinyin zhǔ shú de yā zi fēi le
Meanings
- the cooked duck flew away (proverb)
- (fig.) to let a sure thing slip through one's fingers
Characters in this entry
- 煮
- zhǔ · cook
- 熟
- shú · well-cooked; ripe; familiar with
- 的
- de · possessive, adjectival suffix
- 鴨
- yā · duck; Anas species (various)
- 子
- zǐ · offspring, child; fruit, seed of; first earthly branch
- 飛
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- 了
- le · to finish; particle of completed action
- 鸭
- yā · duck; Anas species (various)
- 飞
- fēi · fly; go quickly; dart; high
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Mandarin tones
3–2–5–1–5–1–5 · zhu3 shu2 de5 ya1 zi5 fei1 le5
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phrase
- (idiomatic) to lose what one has already got
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