鸳鹭行

鴛鷺行
yuānlùháng
idiom

Meanings

  1. 1 the rank of court officials
  2. 2 the orderly file of courtiers
  3. 3 the civil service as a body

Examples

Tā yīxīn xiǎng rù yuānlùháng, wèi cháotíng xiàolì.
All he wanted was to enter the ranks of the court and serve the throne.
Lǎo shīrén huíshǒu wǎngshì, huáiniàn nà duàn yuānlùháng de suìyuè.
Looking back, the old poet missed those years among the orderly ranks of court.

Tips

usage
Note here reads háng (line, rank), not xíng. Like 鸳鹭群 but emphasizes the file — the way mandarin ducks and egrets stand in order. A literary term for the civil service.

Stroke Order

yuān
xíng