水煮鱼
shuǐ zhǔ yú
Pinyin

Definition

水煮鱼
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shuǐ zhǔ yú
  1. Sichuan poached sliced fish in hot chili oil

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

水
Shuǐ
  1. 1 surname Shui
水平
shuǐ píng
  1. 1 level (of achievement etc)
  2. 2 standard
  3. 3 horizontal
水果
shuǐ guǒ
  1. 1 fruit
  2. 2 CL:個|个[gè]
水瓶座
Shuǐ píng zuò
  1. 1 Aquarius (constellation and sign of the zodiac)
煮
zhǔ
  1. 1 variant of 煮[zhǔ]
一头雾水
yī tóu wù shuǐ
  1. 1 to be confused
  2. 2 to be baffled
下水
xià shuǐ
  1. 1 downstream
  2. 2 to go into the water
  3. 3 to put into water
  4. 4 to launch (a ship)
  5. 5 fig. to fall into bad ways
  6. 6 to lead astray
  7. 7 to go to pot
下水道
xià shuǐ dào
  1. 1 sewer
冰水
bīng shuǐ
  1. 1 iced water
冷水
lěng shuǐ
  1. 1 cold water
  2. 2 unboiled water
  3. 3 fig. not yet ready (of plans)
出水
chū shuǐ
  1. 1 to discharge water
  2. 2 to appear out of the water
  3. 3 to break the surface
分水岭
fēn shuǐ lǐng
  1. 1 dividing range
  2. 2 drainage divide
  3. 3 (fig.) dividing line
  4. 4 watershed
化妆水
huà zhuāng shuǐ
  1. 1 skin toner
口水
kǒu shuǐ
  1. 1 saliva
墨水
mò shuǐ
  1. 1 ink
  2. 2 CL:瓶[píng]
大力水手
Dà lì Shuǐ shǒu
  1. 1 Popeye (the Sailor)
天水
Tiān shuǐ
  1. 1 Tianshui prefecture level city in Gansu
奶水
nǎi shuǐ
  1. 1 mother's milk
山水
Shān shuǐ
  1. 1 Sansui, Japanese company
心如止水
xīn rú zhǐ shuǐ
  1. 1 to be at peace with oneself

Idioms (20)

一清如水
yī qīng rú shuǐ
  1. 1 lit. as clear as water (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. (of officials etc) honest and incorruptible
一碗水端平
yī wǎn shuǐ duān píng
  1. 1 lit. to hold a bowl of water level (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to be impartial
一点水一个泡
yī diǎn shuǐ yī gè pào
  1. 1 honest and trustworthy (idiom)
三个和尚没水喝
sān gè hé shang méi shuǐ hē
  1. 1 lit. three monks have no water to drink (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. everybody's business is nobody's business
  3. 3 (If there is one monk, he will fetch water for himself. If there are two, they will fetch water together. But if there are three or more, none will take it upon himself to fetch water.)
不显山不露水
bù xiǎn shān bù lù shuǐ
  1. 1 lit. to not show the mountain and to not reveal the water (idiom); fig. to hide the key facts
人不可貌相，海水不可斗量
rén bù kě mào xiàng , hǎi shuǐ bù kě dǒu liáng
  1. 1 you can't judge a person by appearance, just as you can't measure the sea with a pint pot (idiom)
人往高处走，水往低处流
rén wǎng gāo chù zǒu , shuǐ wǎng dī chù liú
  1. 1 man seeks his way up just as water seeks its way down (idiom)
  2. 2 one should constantly strive to make progress
似水年华
sì shuǐ nián huá
  1. 1 fleeting years (idiom)
兵来将挡，水来土掩
bīng lái jiàng dǎng , shuǐ lái tǔ yǎn
  1. 1 counter soldiers with arms, water with an earth weir (idiom); different situations call for different action
  2. 2 to adopt measures appropriate to the actual situation
兵来将敌，水来土堰
bīng lái jiàng dí , shuǐ lái tǔ yàn
  1. 1 counter soldiers with arms, water with an earth weir (idiom); different situations call for different action
  2. 2 to adopt measures appropriate to the actual situation
出水芙蓉
chū shuǐ fú róng
  1. 1 as a lotus flower breaking the surface (idiom); surpassingly beautiful (of young lady's face or old gentleman's calligraphy)
十指不沾阳春水
shí zhǐ bù zhān yáng chūn shuǐ
  1. 1 to have no need to fend for oneself (idiom)
  2. 2 to lead a pampered life
半瓶水响叮当
bàn píng shuǐ xiǎng dīng dāng
  1. 1 lit. if you tap a half-empty bottle it makes a sound (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. empty vessels make the most noise
  3. 3 one who has a little knowledge likes to show off, but one who is truly knowledgeable is modest
吃水不忘掘井人
chī shuǐ bù wàng jué jǐng rén
  1. 1 Drinking the water of a well, one should never forget who dug it. (idiom)
君子之交淡如水
jūn zǐ zhī jiāo dàn rú shuǐ
  1. 1 a gentleman's friendship, insipid as water (idiom, from Zhuangzi 莊子|庄子[Zhuāng zǐ])
大水冲了龙王庙
dà shuǐ chōng le Lóng Wáng miào
  1. 1 lit. surging waters flooded the Dragon King temple (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to fail to recognize a familiar person
  3. 3 a dispute between close people who fail to recognize each other
如鱼得水
rú yú dé shuǐ
  1. 1 like a fish back in water (idiom); glad to be back in one's proper surroundings
山明水秀
shān míng shuǐ xiù
  1. 1 lit. verdant hills and limpid water (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. enchanting scenery
山清水秀
shān qīng shuǐ xiù
  1. 1 lit. verdant hills and limpid water (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. enchanting scenery
山穷水尽
shān qióng shuǐ jìn
  1. 1 mountain and river exhausted (idiom); at the end of the line
  2. 2 nowhere to go

Sample Sentences

你怎么不吃了？这可是你最爱吃的水煮鱼。
nǐ zěnme bù chī le ？zhè kěshì nǐ zuì ài chī de shuǐzhǔyú 。
Why aren't you eating? This is your beloved ''Water-Boiled Fish."
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川菜的话，口味就是麻辣鲜香，最有名的菜色就得数“水煮鱼”、“宫保鸡丁”、“麻婆豆腐”啦。湘菜也重辣，不过更油腻。
Chuāncài dehuà ，kǒuwèi jiùshì málà xiānxiāng ，zuì yǒumíng de càisè jiù děi shǔ “shuǐzhǔyú ”、“gōngbǎojīdīng ”、“mápó dòufu ”la 。xiāngcài yě zhònglà ，bùguò gèng yóunì 。
In terms of Sichuanese food, the flavor is hot and numbing and fresh and fragrant. And one must count "poached sliced fish in hot chili sauce", "Kung Pao Chicken" and "Mapo Tofu" among them. Hunanese cuisine is also very spicy, but more oily too.
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水煮鱼非常辣啊，别点。
shuǐzhǔyú fēicháng là ā ，bié diǎn 。
Sichuan poached sliced fish is extremely spicy, don't order it.
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听起来不错，这个呢？水煮鱼？
tīngqǐlai búcuò ，zhè ge ne ？shuǐzhǔyú ？
It sounds good. What about this? Sichuan poached sliced fish?
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真的吗？原来水煮鱼不是鱼汤，哈哈...
zhēn de ma ？yuánlái shuǐzhǔyú búshì yútāng ，hāhā ...
Really? I thought poached sliced fish sounded like some sort of fish soup, ha ha...
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我知道你喜欢川菜。来，尝尝水煮鱼。
wǒ zhīdào nǐ xǐhuan Chuāncài 。lái ，cháng chang shuǐzhǔyú 。
I know you like Sichuan food. Come, taste the spicy boiled fish.
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水煮鱼
shuǐzhǔyú
boiled fish
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你们吃辣吗？点个水煮鱼怎么样？
nǐmen chī là ma ？diǎn ge shuǐzhǔyú zěnmeyàng ？
Do you guys eat spicy? How about the spicy boiled fish?
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小姐，我要水煮鱼。
xiǎojie ，wǒ yào shuǐzhǔyú 。
Waitress, I want boiled fish.
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