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  *鱼* | 鱼* | *鱼
fish (CL:條|条,) / used in the names of various aquatic animals that are not fish (including abalone 鮑魚|鲍鱼, alligators and crocodiles 鱷魚|鳄鱼 and octopi 章魚|章鱼)
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charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *鱼* | 鱼* | *鱼
surname Yu
Pisces (star sign)
putrid fish
salmon (loanword)
tapertail anchovy (Coilia ectenes) / various species of cutlassfish / saury
octopus
to catch fish / (fig.) to loaf on the job; to be slack; to take it easy
Japanese Spanish mackerel (Scomberomorus niphonius) / see 馬鮫魚|马鲛鱼
to fish
mermaid / dugong / sea cow / manatee / giant salamander
grouper (Portuguese: garoupa) / also called / Epinephelinae (subfamily of Serranidae, fish family including grouper)
(Tw) tilapia
gray mullet (Mugil cephalus) / snakehead fish (family Channidae)
to fish (with line and hook); to angle / (fig.) to entrap / (Tw) to repeatedly nod one's head while dozing
HSK 7-9
lit. a fish that escaped the net (idiom) / fig. sb or sth that slips through the net
to guard a tree-stump, waiting for rabbits, and climb a tree to catch fish (idiom); without any practical course of action
Chinese high-fin banded shark (Myxocyprinus asiaticus)
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
to fish in troubled water (idiom); to take advantage of a crisis for personal gain
trout
abalone
shark
HSK 7-9
alligator; crocodile (CL:條|条)
HSK 7-9
anchovy
piranha (fish)
grass carp
(coll.) to fire sb / to sack sb
piranha
salmon / trout
bony fishes / Osteichthyes (taxonomic class including most fish)
Japanese Spanish mackerel (Scomberomorus niphonius)
yellow croaker (fish) / corvina
Chinese giant salamander (Andrias davidianus)
(loanword) basa (Pangasius bocourti)
octopus
silverfish / CL: 隻|只
whale / CL: 條|条
ribbonfish / hairtail / beltfish / cutlassfish (family Trichiuridae)
bighead carp / Hypophthalmichthys nobilis
lit. climb a tree to catch a fish (idiom); fig. to attempt the impossible
tropical fish
softshell turtle
zebrafish
silverfish (Lepisma saccarina) / fish moth
a fire in the city gates is also a calamity for the fish in the moat (idiom); the bystander will also suffer / fig. you can't escape responsibility for your actions / ask not for whom the bell tolls - it tolls for thee
barracuda
anglerfish
shark sucker (Echeneis naucrates)
use a long line to catch a big fish (idiom); a long-term plan for major returns
chum salmon
cuttlefish
squid
carp
porgy; sea bream (family Sparidae) / (Tw) tilapia
swordfish
freshwater fish
bass / perch
fresh fish / living fish
softshell turtle
cobia or black kingfish (Rachycentron canadum)
cartilaginous fish (such as sharks)
shark sucker (Echeneis naucrates)
flounder / plaice
soft-shelled turtle / also termed 鱉|鳖
ocean sunfish (Mola mola)
goby (flat fish, Gobiidae)
shark sucker (Echeneis naucrates)
fighting fish (genus Betta)
flatfish / flounder
sardine (loanword)
Pacific saury (Cololabis saira)
mermaid
turbot / European imported turbot / same as 大菱鮃|大菱鲆
lit. water that is too clean holds no fish (idiom) / fig. one who is too severe has no friends
Sichuan poached sliced fish in hot chili oil
goldfish
Spanish mackerel
herring
Reeves shad (Tenualosa reevesii)
shark sucker (Echeneis naucrates)
tuna (loanword)
largehead hairtail / beltfish / Trichiurus lepturus
(Tw) tuna
shark sucker (Echeneis naucrates)
Hong Kong catfish (Clarias fuscus)
turbot fish
smelt (family Osmeridae)
coelacanth
salted fish
Epinephelus septemfasciatus
Indo-Pacific wrasse (Gomphosus varius)
deep-fried fish
sweet and sour fish
to catch fish; to fish

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