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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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  *鱼* | 鱼* | *鱼
surname Yu
shark fin
surimi
harpoon
fish brings heat, meat brings phlegm, vegetables and tofu keep you healthy
"fish" battle formation in ancient times: chariots in front, infantry behind / The Fish Enter the Trap (title of Ode 170 in the Shijing)
fishmonger
fishes
ichthyosaur
sliced raw fish
shark fin soup
fish head / fig. upright and unwilling to compromise
to file out; to walk out in a line
fish and water (metaphor for an intimate relationship or inseparability)
the fish hold (of a fishing vessel)
fish bait
to pass off fish eyes for pearls / to pass off fake products as genuine (idiom)
fish meal
surimi
fish-belly white (used to describe the dingy light of the dawn sky)
name used for many fishing birds / cormorant / osprey
fishing float
kingfisher
fishhook
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
pork strips stir-fried with yuxiang 魚香|鱼香
lit. fish and dragons mixed in together (idiom); fig. crooks mixed in with the honest folk
fishplate (in railway engineering)
fishbone
fishing boat / same as 漁船|渔船
fish and chips (abbr. for 炸魚薯條|炸鱼薯条)
caviar
to prey on the people
bubbles (literary)
shoal of fish
fish sauce
(archaic) formation of infantrymen led by chariots
fishing line
(Tw) fishpond / fish farm
lit. either the fish dies or the net splits / a life and death struggle (idiom)
fish fillet / slice of fish meat
fry / newly hatched fish
fin
Yuchi or Yuchih Township in Nantou County 南投縣|南投县, central Taiwan
fishpond
Yutai County in Jining 濟寧|济宁, Shandong
the pleasure of close intimacy in a couple (idiom) / sexual intercourse
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
one after the other / in single file
fishing rod
Yutai County in Jining 濟寧|济宁, Shandong
(lit.) land of fish and rice / (fig.) fertile region / land of milk and honey
fish tank / fishbowl / aquarium
to walk in in a line
fishpond
cod liver oil
fry / newly hatched fish
swim bladder (of a fish)
fish ball
fingerling
flesh of fish / fish and meat / (fig.) victims of oppression / (fig.) to cruelly oppress (i.e. to treat like flesh to be carved up)
fish ball
water flea (small crustacean of genus Daphnia)
fish steak
swim bladder (of a fish)
torpedo
fish floss / crisp and flaky shredded dried fish
Yufeng, a district of Liuzhou City 柳州市, Guangxi
fish maw / a food dish made from the swim bladder of fish
fish eggs / roe / caviar
ichthyology
yuxiang, a seasoning of Chinese cuisine that typically contains garlic, scallions, ginger, sugar, salt, chili peppers etc (Although "yuxiang" literally means "fish fragrance", it contains no seafood.)
fish scales
fishtail
wrinkles of the skin / crow's feet
fisher / fisherman
close relationship as between fish and water
lit. the fish swam away into the depths, the goose vanished in the distance (idiom) / fig. to have had no news (of sb who went away); to have lost contact
fishcake
soft, tender belly part of a fish (considered a delicacy) / (fig.) (sports) weak team; pushover; minnow
open-toed shoe / peep-toe
torpedo boat
percussion instrument in the form of a bamboo fish (traditionally used by Daoist priests)
Yuchi or Yuchih Township in Nantou County 南投縣|南投县, central Taiwan
spaghetti squash (Cucurbita pepo)
fish bone
chameleon plant; fish mint (Houttuynia cordata)
erhua variant of 魚鉤|鱼钩
variant of 漁具|渔具
variant of 漁網|渔网
variant of 漁汛|渔汛


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