棒打鸳鸯 — Chinese idiom
棒打鸳鸯
bàng dǎ yuān yāng
Traditional: 棒打鴛鴦
Meaning
- to cruelly separate lovers (esp. by family or societal pressure); to forcibly break up a couple against their will
Character by character
- 棒bàngstick, club; strong, smart; to hit
- 打dǎto attack, to beat, to hit, to strike
- 鸳yuānmale mandarin duck (Aix galericulata)
- 鸯yāngfemale mandarin duck (Aix galericulata)
Idioms sharing a character
- 一炮打响 yī pào dǎ xiǎng
- 一网打尽 yī wǎng dǎ jìn
- 倒打一耙 dào dǎ yī pá
- 包打天下 bāo dǎ tiān xià
- 乔装打扮 qiáo zhuāng dǎ bàn
- 单打独斗 dān dǎ dú dòu
- 围城打援 wéi chéng dǎ yuán
- 宽打窄用 kuān dǎ zhǎi yòng
- 打入冷宫 dǎ rù lěng gōng
- 打家劫舍 dǎ jiā jié shè
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