鱼
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- 1. fish
Words Containing 鱼
to fish (with line and hook)
shark
alligator
barbel (fish)
Epinephelus septemfasciatus
lit. to fish for three days and sun-dry the nets for two days (proverb)
salmon (loanword)
lit. either the fish dies or the net gets torn (idiom)
lit. to be the meat on sb's chopping block (idiom)
mermaid
mermaid
lit. to sit tight on the fishing terrace despite the storm (idiom)
octopus
octopus
(bird species of China) crested kingfisher (Megaceryle lugubris)
tapertail anchovy (Coilia ectenes)
swordfish
Dorado (constellation)
porgy (Pagrosomus major)
Piscis Austrinus (constellation)
shark sucker (Echeneis naucrates)
shark sucker (Echeneis naucrates)
tuna (loanword)
shark sucker (Echeneis naucrates)
Jiayu county in Xianning 咸寧|咸宁[xián níng], Hubei
Jiayu county in Xianning 咸寧|咸宁[xián níng], Hubei
see 馬鮫魚|马鲛鱼[mǎ jiāo yú]
see 鯪|鲮[líng]
a fire in the city gates is also a calamity for the fish in the moat (idiom); the bystander will also suffer
Hong Kong catfish (Clarias fuscus)
cuttlefish
turbot
halibut
chum salmon
dishes with generous amounts of meat and fish
turbot fish
see 大鱗大麻哈魚|大鳞大麻哈鱼[dà lín dá má hǎ yú]
king salmon
see 大馬哈魚|大马哈鱼[dà mǎ hǎ yú]
Croceine croaker (Pseudosciaena crocea), a fish popular in Cantonese cooking
Jiang Ziya is fishing, if you want take the hook (idiom, refers to early sage 姜子牙 fishing with no bait and the hook above the water); to put one's head in the noose
like a fish back in water (idiom); glad to be back in one's proper surroundings
Jiang Ziya is fishing, if you want it, take the hook (idiom, refers to early sage 姜子牙 fishing with no bait and the hook above the water); to put one's head in the noose
Chinese giant salamander (Andrias davidianus)
to guard a tree-stump, waiting for rabbits, and climb a tree to catch fish (idiom); without any practical course of action
trout
clownfish
Indo-Pacific wrasse (Gomphosus varius)
Hynobius formosanus
flounder
ribbonfish
mudskipper (amphibious fish)
lit. catch fish then forget the trap (idiom, from Zhuangzi 莊子|庄子[zhuāng zǐ]); fig. to take help for granted
to fish
to catch fish
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)
give a man a fish and you feed him for a day; teach a man to fish and you feed him for a lifetime
to catch fish
use a long line to catch a big fish (idiom); a long-term plan for major returns
lancelet (Branchiostoma lanceolatum), a primitive fish
zebrafish
(bird species of China) pied kingfisher (Ceryle rudis)
Chinese herring (Ilisha elongata)
ocean sunfish (Mola mola)
mokugyo
see 柴魚片|柴鱼片[chái yú piàn]
katsuobushi or dried bonito flakes (paper-thin shavings of preserved skipjack tuna)
mandarin fish
Liang Chenyu (1521-1594), Ming dramatist of the Kunshan opera school
barracuda
barracuda
plaice
flatfish
lit. shallow waters cannot harbor big fish (idiom)
fig. one who is too severe has no friends
blobfish (Psychrolutes marcidus)
Sichuan poached sliced fish in hot chili oil
water that is too clear has no fish, and one who is too severe has no friends (idiom)
piranha (fish)
lit. fish sink, goose alights (idiom, from Zhuangzi 莊子|庄子[zhuāng zǐ]); fig. female beauty captivating even the birds and beasts
sardine (loanword)
fresh fish
freshwater fish
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
naked carp
a fish that escaped the net (idiom)
see 漏網之魚|漏网之鱼[lòu wǎng zhī yú]
to make the ugly beautiful (idiom)
(coll.) to fire sb
deep-fried fish
gray mullet (Mugil cephalus)
mullet roe (salted and dried)
tropical fish
lantern fish
anglerfish
sashimi
turtle
largehead hairtail
whitefish
giant oarfish (Regalecus glesne)
grouper (Portuguese: garoupa)
pangolin (Manis pentadactylata)
bony fishes
Pacific saury (Cololabis saira)
lit. to sit tight on the fishing terrace despite the storm (idiom)
tilapia
octopus
takoyaki (octopus dumpling), a Japanese snack food
takoyaki (octopus dumpling), a Japanese snack food
shark sucker (Echeneis naucrates)
sweet and sour fish
stir-fried yellow fish filet
stir-fried yellow fish filet
silverfish (Lepisma saccarina)
lit. climb a tree to catch a fish (idiom); fig. to attempt the impossible
flowerhorn cichlid
mermaid
ocean sunfish (Mola mola)
see 鱅魚|鳙鱼[yōng yú]
smelt (family Osmeridae)
Chinese high-fin banded shark (Myxocyprinus asiaticus)
coelacanth
see 臨淵羨魚，不如退而結網|临渊羡鱼，不如退而结网[lín yuān xiàn yú , bù rú tuì ér jié wǎng]
see 臨淵羨魚，不如退而結網|临渊羡鱼，不如退而结网[lín yuān xiàn yú , bù rú tuì ér jié wǎng]
see 臨淵羨魚，不如退而結網|临渊羡鱼，不如退而结网[lín yuān xiàn yú , bù rú tuì ér jié wǎng]
better to go home and weave a net than to stand by the pond longing for fish (idiom)
butchering one another as fish and flesh (idiom); killing one another
putrid fish
grass carp
lit. to be buried in the bellies of fish (idiom)
milkfish (Chanos chanos)
goby (flat fish, Gobiidae)
Gobiidae (suborder of perch)
silverfish
silverfish
silverfish (Lepisma saccharina)
rudd
cobia or black kingfish (Rachycentron canadum)
cartilaginous fish (such as sharks)
cartilaginous fishes
milkfish (Chanos chanos)
tuna
snapdragon (Antirrhinum majus)
hornwort (Ceratophyllum demersum)
a fish at the bottom of the pot (idiom)
saury fish (family Scomberesocidae)
entrapment (law)
Diaoyu Islands, claimed by China but controlled by Japan as the Senkaku Islands, also called the Pinnacle Islands
phishing attack (computing)
fishing rod
angler
Diaoyu Islands, located between Taiwan and Okinawa, controlled by Japan – which calls them the Senkaku Islands – but claimed by China as part of its territory
oriental whitebait
shark sucker (Echeneis naucrates)
without news from sb (idiom)
dace
Pisces (star sign)
Pisces (constellation and sign of the zodiac)
black carp (Mylopharyngodon piceus)
piranha
fishpond
aquarium
Spanish mackerel
fish ball
see 乾物女|干物女[gān wù nu:3]
fishbone
harpoon
Yutai County in Jining 濟寧|济宁[jǐ níng], Shandong
Yutai County in Jining 濟寧|济宁[jǐ níng], Shandong
open-toed shoe
fishpond
fish farm
fisher
fish eggs
caviar
fishtail
fishplate (in railway engineering)
wrinkles of the skin
Yufeng district of Liuzhou city 柳州市[liǔ zhōu shì], Guangxi
Yufeng district of Liuzhou city 柳州市[liǔ zhōu shì], Guangxi
fish steak
lit. either the fish dies or the net splits
fish and water (metaphor for an intimate relationship or inseparability)
the pleasure of close intimacy in a couple (idiom)
close relationship as between fish and water
Yuchi or Yuchih Township in Nantou County 南投縣|南投县[nán tóu xiàn], central Taiwan
Yuchi or Yuchih Township in Nantou County 南投縣|南投县[nán tóu xiàn], central Taiwan
lit. the fish sinks, the goose vanishes into the distance (idiom); a letter does not arrive
bubbles (literary)
fishing float
fish fillet
kingfisher
fish brings heat, meat brings phlegm, vegetables and tofu keep you healthy
to pass off fish eyes for pearls
fingerling
fishing rod