煮熟的鸭子飞了
Traditional form:
煮熟的鴨子飛了
Pinyin (reading):
zhǔshúdeyāzifēile
Definitions:
- the cooked duck flew away (proverb)
- (fig.) to let a sure thing slip through one's fingers
Characters:
- 煮 - to boil, to cook
- 熟 - well-cooked; ripe, mature; familiar with
- 的 - aim, goal; of; possessive particle; -self suffix
- 鸭 - duck; Anas species (various)
- 子 - son, child; seed, egg; fruit; small thing
- 飞 - to fly, to dart; high
- 了 - clear; to finish; particle of completed action
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