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Original source entry:
春江水暖鴨先知 春江水暖鸭先知 [chun1 jiang1 shui3 nuan3 ya1 xian1 zhi1] /lit. the duck is the first to know if the spring water is warm (idiom)/fig. an expert in the field knows which way the wind blows/Reference definitions and teaching material have separate provenance.
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