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- Tatar goose, wild goose found in territories northwest of China in ancient times
Trad. 劉賓雁
- Liu Binyan (1925-2005), journalist and novelist, condemned by Mao as rightist faction in 1957, subsequently dissident writer
Trad. 白額雁
- (bird species of China) greater white-fronted goose (Anser albifrons)
Trad. 斑頭雁
- (bird species of China) bar-headed goose (Anser indicus)
Trad. 雁塔區
- Yanta District of Xi’an 西安市[Xi1 an1 Shi4], Shaanxi
Trad. 雁山區
- Yanshan, a district of Guilin City 桂林市[Gui4 lin2 Shi4], Guangxi
Trad. 雁峰區
- Yanfeng, a district of Hengyang City 衡陽市|衡阳市[Heng2 yang2 Shi4], Hunan
Trad. 雁江區
- Yanjiang district of Ziyang city 資陽市|资阳市[Zi1 yang2 shi4], Sichuan
Trad. 雁蕩山
- Yandang mountains, famous scenic area in southeast Zhejiang
- (bird species of China) cackling goose (Branta hutchinsii)
Trad. 小白額雁
- (bird species of China) lesser white-fronted goose (Anser erythropus)
Trad. 沈魚落雁
- variant of 沉魚落雁|沉鱼落雁[chen2 yu2 luo4 yan4]
Trad. 白頰黑雁
- (bird species of China) barnacle goose (Branta leucopsis)
Trad. 沉魚落雁
- lit. fish sink, goose alights (idiom, from Zhuangzi 莊子|庄子[Zhuang1 zi3]); fig. female beauty captivating even the birds and beasts
- (bird species of China) tundra bean goose (Anser serrirostris)
Trad. 紅胸黑雁
- (bird species of China) red-breasted goose (Branta ruficollis)
Trad. 魚沉雁杳
- lit. the fish swam away into the depths, the goose vanished in the distance (idiom)
- fig. to have had no news (of sb who went away); to have lost contact
Trad. 雁過拔毛
- lit. to grab feathers from a flying goose
- fig. to seize any opportunity
- pragmatic