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The character '鸯' occurs almost exclusively within the compound '鸳鸯', designating the female mandarin duck alongside the male '鸳', and its formation joins the phonetic element '央' with the semantic radical '鸟' for bird, a design reflected in the traditional form '鴦' which incorporates the unsimplified bird radical. Initially serving as a precise ornithological term, the combined word '鸳鸯' over time accumulated a layers of cultural meaning, evolving into a standard literary metaphor for devoted married couples, which consequently shifted the character '鸯' from a simple zoological label to an inseparable component of a symbol representing romantic partnership and fidelity.
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湖里有鸳鸯。
鸳鸯很漂亮。
我喜欢看鸳鸯。
池塘中有一对鸳鸯。
鸳鸯在水中游泳。
人们常把鸳鸯比作夫妻。
在公园里，我们看到了许多鸳鸯。
传说中，鸳鸯是爱情忠贞的象征。