春江水暖鸭先知
Traditional form:
春江水暖鴨先知
Pinyin (reading):
chūnjiāngshuǐnuǎnyāxiānzhī
Definitions:
- 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
Characters:
- 春 - springtime; joyful, lustful, wanton
- 江 - large river; the Yangtze; surname
- 水 - water, liquid, lotion, juice
- 暖 - warm, genial
- 鸭 - duck; Anas species (various)
- 先 - first, former, previous
- 知 - to know, to perceive, to comprehend
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