Chinese English Dictionary Online

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  • butterfly
  • CL:隻|只[zhi1]
  • papillon (lapdog with butterfly-like ears)
Trad. 蝴蝶效應
  • butterfly effect (dynamical systems theory)
Trad. 鴛鴦蝴蝶
  • Mandarin ducks and butterfly (i.e. love birds)
  • derogatory reference to populist and romantic writing around 1900
Trad. 鴛鴦蝴蝶派
  • Mandarin ducks and butterfly (i.e. love birds) literary school around 1900, criticized as populist and romantic by socialist realists

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