掏 出 tāo chū to fish out / to take out (from a pocket, bag etc) 钓 鱼 diào yú to fish (with line and hook) / to angle / (fig.) to entrap / (Tw) to repeatedly nod one's head while dozing 水 产 品 shuǐ chǎn pǐn aquatic products (including fish, crabs, seaweed etc) 落 网 luò wǎng (of a bird, fish etc) to be caught in a net / (of a tennis ball) to hit the net / (of a criminal) to be captured 鱼 肉 yú ròu flesh of fish / fish and meat / (fig.) victims of oppression / (fig.) to cruelly oppress (i.e. to treat like flesh to be carved up) 捕 鱼 bǔ yú to catch fish / to fish 摸 底 mō dǐ to have a clear view (of a situation) / to fish for information / fact-finding 打 捞 dǎ lāo to salvage / to dredge / to fish out (person or object from the sea) 鱼 头 yú tóu fish head / fig. upright and unwilling to compromise 鳞 片 lín piàn scale (of fish, reptiles etc) 捕 捞 bǔ lāo to fish for (aquatic animals and plants) / to catch 咸 鱼 xián yú salted fish 鱼 缸 yú gāng fish tank / fishbowl / aquarium 飞 鱼 fēi yú flying fish 泥 鳅 ní qiu loach / mud fish / CL:條|条[tiao2] 鱼 粉 yú fěn fish meal 如 鱼 得 水 rú yú dé shuǐ like a fish back in water (idiom) / glad to be back in one's proper surroundings 木 鱼 mù yú mokugyo / wooden fish (percussion instrument) 热 带 鱼 rè dài yú tropical fish 街 市 jiē shì downtown area / commercial district / (chiefly Cantonese) wet market, i.e. a marketplace selling fresh meat, fish and vegetables etc 水 族 箱 shuǐ zú xiāng aquarium / fish tank 鱼 片 yú piàn fish fillet / slice of fish meat 鱼 龙 混 杂 yú lóng hùn zá lit. fish and dragons mixed in together (idiom) / fig. crooks mixed in with the honest folk 水 煮 鱼 shuǐ zhǔ yú Sichuan poached sliced fish in hot chili oil 鱼 骨 yú gǔ fish bone 鱼 鳞 yú lín fish scales 鱼 丸 yú wán fish ball 打 鱼 dǎ yú to fish 围 捕 wéi bǔ to fish by casting a net / to capture / to surround and seize 淡 水 鱼 dàn shuǐ yú freshwater fish 鱼 苗 yú miáo fry / newly hatched fish 活 鱼 huó yú fresh fish / living fish 捞 钱 lāo qián lit. to dredge for money / to make money by reprehensible means / to fish for a quick buck 鱼 饵 yú ěr fish bait 不 三 不 四 bù sān bù sì (idiom) dubious / shady / neither one thing nor the other / neither fish nor fowl / nondescript 沉 鱼 落 雁 chén yú luò yàn lit. fish sink, goose alights (idiom, from Zhuangzi 莊子|庄子[Zhuang1 zi3]) / fig. female beauty captivating even the birds and beasts 漏 网 之 鱼 lòu wǎng zhī yú lit. a fish that escaped the net (idiom) / fig. sb or sth that slips through the net 鱼 群 yú qún shoal of fish 鱼 腥 草 yú xīng cǎo chameleon plant / fish mint (Houttuynia cordata) 鱼 目 混 珠 yú mù hùn zhū to pass off fish eyes for pearls / to pass off fake products as genuine (idiom) 鱼 米 之 乡 yú mǐ zhī xiāng (lit.) land of fish and rice / (fig.) fertile region / land of milk and honey 大 海 捞 针 dà hǎi lāo zhēn lit. to fish a needle from the sea / to find a needle in a haystack (idiom) 银 鱼 yín yú oriental whitebait / slender silvery-white fish e.g. Galaxias maculatus and Salangichthys microdon 捞 取 lāo qǔ to dredge up / to scoop up from the water / to fish for / to gain (by improper means) 鱼 与 熊 掌 yú yǔ xióng zhǎng 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 鱼 肚 yú dǔ fish maw / a food dish made from the swim bladder of fish 荤 菜 hūn cài non-vegetarian dish (including meat, fish, garlic, onion etc) 摸 鱼 mō yú to catch fish / (fig.) to loaf on the job / to be slack / to take it easy 鱼 水 yú shuǐ fish and water (metaphor for an intimate relationship or inseparability) 鱼 死 网 破 yú sǐ wǎng pò lit. either the fish dies or the net splits / a life and death struggle (idiom) 鳜 鱼 guì yú mandarin fish / Chinese perch (Siniperca chuatsi) 石 斑 鱼 shí bān yú grouper (Portuguese: garoupa) / also called 鮨 / Epinephelinae (subfamily of Serranidae, fish family including grouper) 鱼 子 yú zǐ fish eggs / roe / caviar 鱼 水 情 yú shuǐ qíng close relationship as between fish and water 炸 鱼 zhá yú deep-fried fish 桂 鱼 guì yú mandarin fish 乌 鱼 wū yú gray mullet (Mugil cephalus) / snakehead fish (family Channidae) 关 东 煮 Guān dōng zhǔ oden, Japanese dish made with boiled eggs, processed fish cakes, daikon radish, tofu etc in a kelp-based broth 荤 腥 hūn xīng meat and fish 缘 木 求 鱼 yuán mù qiú yú lit. climb a tree to catch a fish (idiom) / fig. to attempt the impossible 大 黄 鱼 dà huáng yú Croceine croaker (Pseudosciaena crocea), a fish popular in Cantonese cooking 鱼 排 yú pái fish steak 渊 薮 yuān sǒu (lit.) gathering place of fish or other creatures / (fig.) haunt / lair / nest / den / hotbed 糖 醋 鱼 táng cù yú sweet and sour fish 非 驴 非 马 fēi lu:2 fēi mǎ neither fish nor fowl / resembling nothing on earth 鱼 fish (CL:條|条[tiao2],尾[wei3]) / used in the names of various aquatic animals that are not fish (including abalone 鮑魚|鲍鱼[bao4yu2], alligators and crocodiles 鱷魚|鳄鱼[e4yu2] and octopi 章魚|章鱼[zhang1yu2]) 松 loose / to loosen / to relax / floss (dry, fluffy food product made from shredded, seasoned meat or fish, used as a topping or filling) 鲜 fish / old variant of 鮮|鲜[xian1] 套 to cover / to encase / cover / sheath / to overlap / to interleave / to model after / to copy / formula / harness / loop of rope / (fig.) to fish for / to obtain slyly / classifier for sets, collections / bend (of a river or mountain range, in place names) / tau (Greek letter Ττ) 尾 tail / remainder / remnant / extremity / sixth of the 28 constellations / classifier for fish 腊 ancient practice of offering sacrifices to the gods in the 12th lunar month / the 12th lunar month / (bound form) (of meat, fish etc) cured in winter, esp. in the 12th lunar month 渔 fisherman / to fish 罩 to cover / to spread over / a cover / a shade / a hood / bamboo fish trap / bamboo chicken coop / (Tw) (coll.) to protect / to have sb's back / (Tw) (coll.) awesome / incredible / (Tw) (coll.) (often as 罩得住[zhao4de2zhu4]) to have things under control / to be able to handle it 钓 to fish with a hook and line / to angle 捞 to fish up / to dredge up 鳞 scales (of fish, snakes etc) 鳃 gills of fish 汕 bamboo fish trap / used in names of places connected with Shantou 汕頭|汕头[Shan4 tou2] 荤 strong-smelling vegetable (garlic etc) / non-vegetarian food (meat, fish etc) / vulgar / obscene 鳅 loach (family Cobitidae) / used in 鯕鰍|鲯鳅[qi2qiu1] (mahi-mahi, a fish unrelated to the loaches) 脍 chopped meat or fish 雎 osprey / fish hawk 笱 basket for trapping fish 鲰 minnows / small fish 鲲 fry (newly hatched fish) / legendary giant fish that could transform into a giant bird 鵬|鹏[Peng2] 鲠 to choke on a piece of food / (literary) a fish bone lodged in one's throat 罟 to implicate / net for birds or fish 鳔 swim bladder / air bladder of fish 罱 a kind of tool used to dredge up fish, water plants or river mud, consisting of a net attached to a pair of bamboo poles, which are used to open and close the net / to dredge with such a tool 筌 bamboo fish trap 鲌 culter, a generic term for cyprinid fish of genera Culter and Erythroculter 鳐 skate (cartilaginous fish belonging to the family Rajidae) / ray (fish) 鳜 mandarin fish / Chinese perch (Siniperca chuatsi) 鲕 caviar / fish roe 鲞 dried fish 鮀 catfish / a kind of small fish / Chinese alligator 鲙 used in 鱠魚|鲙鱼[kuai4 yu2] / minced or diced fish (variant of 膾|脍[kuai4]) 罶 creel / fish basket 鲊 salted fish / dish made with ground vegetables, flour and other condiments 臇 fat, rich / a stew of fish
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