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fish
昨天媽媽買了幾條活魚。My mother bought several live fish yesterday.你喜歡吃魚嗎？Do you like to eat fish?
- meaning component (fish, fresh)
- radical (Kang Xi 195)
Compounds (126)
Related words (209)
yuxiang, a seasoning of Chinese cuisine that typically contains garlic, scallions, ginger, sugar, salt, chili peppers etc, but no seafood, although yuxiang literally means "fish fragrance"
(lit.) the fish and the bear's paw, you can't have both at the same time (idiom, from Mencius); fig. you must choose one or the other; you can't always get everything you want; you can't have your cake and eat it
(lit.) the fish and the bear's paw, you can't have both at the same time (idiom, from Mencius); fig. you must choose one or the other; you can't always get everything you want; you can't have your cake and eat it
oriental whitebait; slender silvery-white fish e.g. Galaxias maculatus and Salangichthys microdon
katsuobushi or dried bonito flakes (paper-thin shavings of preserved skipjack tuna)
fry squid; fried squid; stir-fried squid; to dismiss; to fire (coll.) ; to sack (coll.)
grouper (Portuguese: garoupa); also called 鮨; Epinephelinae (subfamily of Serranidae, fish family including grouper)
"flying fish family", family who sacrifice everything to send their children abroad to study
see 臨淵羨魚，不如退而結網|临渊羡鱼，不如退而结网[lin2 yuan1 xian4 yu2 , bu4 ru2 tui4 er2 jie2 wang3]
see 臨淵羨魚，不如退而結網|临渊羡鱼，不如退而结网[lin2 yuan1 xian4 yu2 , bu4 ru2 tui4 er2 jie2 wang3]
(lit.) catch fish then forget the trap (idiom, from Zhuangzi 莊子|庄子); fig. to take help for granted
(lit.) fish sink, goose alights (idiom, from Zhuangzi 莊子|庄子); fig. female beauty captivating even the birds and beasts
cartilaginous fishes; Chondrichthyes (taxonomic class including sharks and rays)
give a man a fish and you feed him for a day; teach a man to fish and you feed him for a lifetime; knowledge is the best charity
Idioms (21)
(lit.) the fish sinks, the goose vanishes into the distance (idiom); a letter does not arrive; lost in transmission
(lit.) fish and dragons mixed in together (idiom); fig. crooks mixed in with the honest folk
(lit.) the salted fish turns over (idiom); (fig.) to experience a reversal of fortune
clear water, so few fish (idiom); You cannot expect everyone to be squeaky clean.; Don't be too picky!
to fish in troubled water (idiom); to take advantage of a crisis for personal gain
to fish in troubled water (idiom); to take advantage of a crisis for personal gain; also written 渾水摸魚|浑水摸鱼
butchering one another as fish and flesh (idiom); killing one another; internecine strife
(lit.) sitting at ease in a fishing boat despite storms (idiom); to stay calm during tense situation; a cool head in a crisis
to make a significant advance in one's career (idiom); to get one's big break
use a long line to catch a big fish (idiom); a long-term plan for major returns
give a man a fish and you feed him for a day; teach a man to fish and you feed him for a lifetime (idiom)
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