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fish brings heat, meat brings phlegm, vegetables and tofu keep you healthy
fish-belly white (used to describe the dingy light of the dawn sky)
kingfisher
name used for many fishing birds / cormorant / osprey
water flea (small crustacean of genus Daphnia)
(lit.) land of fish and rice / (fig.) fertile region / land of milk and honey
fish and water (metaphor for an intimate relationship or inseparability)
fishes
sliced raw fish
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
lit. either the fish dies or the net splits / a life and death struggle (idiom)
shark fin soup
fishmonger
ichthyosaur
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  *魚* | 魚* | *魚
surname Yu
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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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torpedo
to pass off fish eyes for pearls / to pass off fake products as genuine (idiom)
shoal of fish
fisher / fisherman
flesh of fish / fish and meat / (fig.) victims of oppression / (fig.) to cruelly oppress (i.e. to treat like flesh to be carved up)
the pleasure of close intimacy in a couple (idiom) / sexual intercourse
percussion instrument in the form of a bamboo fish (traditionally used by Daoist priests)
the fish hold (of a fishing vessel)
to walk in in a line
fishing boat / same as 漁船|渔船
fishing line
one after the other / in single file
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 bone
fish steak
fish ball
surimi
(archaic) formation of infantrymen led by chariots
fish head / fig. upright and unwilling to compromise
(Tw) fishpond / fish farm
fish tank / fishbowl / aquarium
harpoon
shark fin
fish sauce
to prey on the people
fry / newly hatched fish
fish eggs / roe / caviar
fish bait
Yutai County in Jining 濟寧|济宁, Shandong
Yuchi or Yuchih Township in Nantou County 南投縣|南投县, central Taiwan
fish fillet / slice of fish meat
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
fish ball
"fish" battle formation in ancient times: chariots in front, infantry behind / The Fish Enter the Trap (title of Ode 170 in the Shijing)
fishpond
fish and chips (abbr. for 炸魚薯條|炸鱼薯条)
bubbles (literary)
surimi
fish floss / crisp and flaky shredded dried fish
caviar
spaghetti squash (Cucurbita pepo)
fishhook
torpedo boat
to file out; to walk out in a line
fishtail
fishplate (in railway engineering)
wrinkles of the skin / crow's feet
ichthyology
open-toed shoe / peep-toe
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
chameleon plant; fish mint (Houttuynia cordata)
soft, tender belly part of a fish (considered a delicacy) / (fig.) (sports) weak team; pushover; minnow
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
variant of 漁汛|渔汛
fish meal
swim bladder (of a fish)
swim bladder (of a fish)
fry / newly hatched fish
Yufeng, a district of Liuzhou City 柳州市, Guangxi
close relationship as between fish and water
Yutai County in Jining 濟寧|济宁, Shandong
fishcake
fin
fish scales
Yuchi or Yuchih Township in Nantou County 南投縣|南投县, central Taiwan
fishpond
fishing float
fishing rod
fishbone
fish maw / a food dish made from the swim bladder of fish
cod liver oil
fingerling
variant of 漁具|渔具
variant of 漁網|渔网
erhua variant of 魚鉤|鱼钩


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