Meaning of 鱼雁
鱼雁 means letters; correspondence (literary metaphor from legends of fish and wild geese carrying messages). Pronounced yú yàn.
- letters; correspondence (literary metaphor from legends of fish and wild geese carrying messages)
Definitions & Examples
Gǔ古
rén人
cháng常
yǐ以
yú鱼
yàn雁
bǐ比
yù喻
shū书
xìn信
。
Ancient people often used 'fish and wild geese' as a metaphor for letters.
Tā他
yǔ与
yuǎn远
fāng方
de的
péng朋
yǒu友
pín频
tōng通
yú鱼
yàn雁
。
He frequently exchanges letters with friends who are far away.
Liǎng两
dì地
zhī之
jiān间
yú鱼
yàn雁
wǎng往
huán还
，
qíng情
yì谊
bù不
duàn断
。
Letters go back and forth between the two places, keeping the friendship alive.
Rú如
jīn今
suī虽
chù处
xìn信
xī息
shí时
dài代
，
réng仍
yǒu有
rén人
huái怀
niàn念
yú鱼
yàn雁
chuán传
shū书
de的
làng浪
màn漫
。
Even in the information age, some people still miss the romance of sending letters via 'fish and wild geese'.