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


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