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大雁	dà yàn	wild goose / CL:只
鹅	é	goose / CL:只
鸿	hóng	eastern bean goose / great / large
雁	yàn	wild goose
鸿雁	hóng yàn	(bird species of China) swan goose (Anser cygnoides)
趋之若鹜	qū zhī ruò wù	to rush like ducks (idiom); the mob scrabbles madly for sth unobtainable / an unruly crowd on a wild goose chase
飞鸿	fēi hóng	swan goose / (fig.) letter; message
鹅毛大雪	é máo dà xuě	goose feather snow (idiom) / big heavy snow fall
雪雁	xuě yàn	(bird species of China) snow goose (Anser caerulescens)
杀鸡取卵	shā jī qǔ luǎn	lit. to kill the chicken to get the eggs (idiom) / fig. to kill the goose that lays the golden eggs
唳	lì	cry of a crane or wild goose
鹅毛	é máo	goose feather
正步	zhèng bù	goose-step (for military parades)
鹅绒	é róng	goose down
沉鱼落雁	chén yú luò yàn	lit. fish sink, goose alights (idiom, from Zhuangzi 庄子); fig. female beauty captivating even the birds and beasts
竭泽而渔	jié zé ér yú	lit. to drain the pond to get at the fish (idiom) / fig. to kill the goose that lays the golden eggs
雁过拔毛	yàn guò bá máo	lit. to grab feathers from a flying goose / fig. to seize any opportunity / pragmatic
钻牛角尖	zuān niú jiǎo jiān	lit. to penetrate into a bull's horn (idiom); fig. to waste time on an insoluble or insignificant problem / to bash one's head against a brick wall / a wild goose chase / a blind alley / to split hairs
雪泥鸿爪	xuě ní hóng zhǎo	a goose's footprint in the snow / vestiges of the past (idiom) / the fleeting nature of human life (idiom)
千里鹅毛	qiān lǐ é máo	goose feather sent from afar (idiom); a trifling gift with a weighty thought behind it / also written 千里送鹅毛