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大雁	dà yàn	wild goose / CL:只
鹅	é	goose / CL:只
大雁塔	Dà yàn tǎ	Giant Wild Goose Pagoda in Xi'an
石蜐	shí jié	goose barnacle (Pollicipes pollicipes)
鸿	hóng	eastern bean goose / great / large
雁	yàn	wild goose
飞鸿	fēi hóng	swan goose / (fig.) letter; message
雪雁	xuě yàn	(bird species of China) snow goose (Anser caerulescens)
千里送鹅毛，礼轻人意重	qiān lǐ sòng é máo , lǐ qīng rén yì zhòng	goose feather sent from afar, a slight present but weighty meaning (idiom); It's not the present the counts, it's the thought behind it.
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
鹅绒	é róng	goose down
正步	zhèng bù	goose-step (for military parades)
鸿雁	hóng yàn	(bird species of China) swan goose (Anser cygnoides)
鹅毛	é máo	goose feather
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
雁过拔毛	yàn guò bá máo	lit. to grab feathers from a flying goose / fig. to seize any opportunity / pragmatic
轻于鸿毛	qīng yú hóng máo	light as a goose feather (idiom); trifling / unimportant
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
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