钓鱼 (釣魚)
diào yú
Pinyin

Definition

钓鱼 (釣魚)
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diào yú
  1. to fish (with line and hook)
  2. to dupe

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

捕鱼
bǔ yú
  1. 1 to catch fish
  2. 2 to fish
鱼
Yú
  1. 1 surname Yu
三文鱼
sān wén yú
  1. 1 salmon (loanword)
人鱼
rén yú
  1. 1 mermaid
  2. 2 dugong
  3. 3 sea cow
  4. 4 manatee
  5. 5 giant salamander
垂钓
chuí diào
  1. 1 angling

Idioms (20)

不是鱼死就是网破
bù shì yú sǐ jiù shì wǎng pò
  1. 1 lit. either the fish dies or the net gets torn (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. it's a life-and-death struggle
  3. 3 it's either him or me
人为刀俎，我为鱼肉
rén wéi dāo zǔ , wǒ wéi yú ròu
  1. 1 lit. to be the meat on sb's chopping block (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to be at sb's mercy
任凭风浪起，稳坐钓鱼台
rèn píng fēng làng qǐ , wěn zuò diào yú tái
  1. 1 lit. sitting at ease in a fishing boat despite wind and storm (idiom); to stay calm during tense situation
  2. 2 a cool head in a crisis
城门失火，殃及池鱼
chéng mén shī huǒ , yāng jí chí yú
  1. 1 a fire in the city gates is also a calamity for the fish in the moat (idiom); the bystander will also suffer
  2. 2 fig. you can't escape responsibility for your actions
  3. 3 ask not for whom the bell tolls - it tolls for thee
太公钓鱼，愿者上钩
tài gōng diào yú , yuàn zhě shàng gōu
  1. 1 Jiang Ziya is fishing, if you want take the hook (idiom, refers to early sage 姜子牙 fishing with no bait and the hook above the water); to put one's head in the noose

Sample Sentences

有一次几个城里人来店里吃饭。吃完以后，就让我带他们去河里钓鱼捉螃蟹，去看油菜花，说是这些东西城里没有，玩得可开心了。
yǒuyīcì jǐ ge chénglǐrén lái diàn lǐ chīfàn 。chīwán yǐhòu ，jiù ràng wǒ dài tāmen qù hé lǐ diàoyú zhuō pángxiè ，qù kàn yóucàihuā ，shuō shì zhèxiē dōngxi chénglǐ méiyǒu ，wán de kě kāixīn le 。
One time some people from the city came to the restaurant to eat. After eating, they asked me to take them to the river to go fishing and catch crabs, and to go look at the rapeseed flowers. They said they don't have these things in the city and they had a really great time.
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也许吧。不过也有可能是在钓鱼，就看哪个凯子会上钩。
yěxǔ ba 。bùguò yě yǒu kěnéng shì zài diàoyú ，jiù kàn nǎge kǎizi huì shànggōu 。
Probably. But she also might be "fishing", just waiting to see which rich guy she can hook.
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嘘！钓鱼的时候要安静，你一说话，鱼就跑了。
xū ！diàoyú de shíhou yào ānjìng ，nǐ yī shuōhuà ，yú jiù pǎo le 。
Shhh! When you're fishing, you need to be quiet. As soon as you talk, the fish run away.
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钓鱼？好！
diàoyú ？hǎo ！
Go fishing? Great!
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小宝，乖，别哭了。爷爷带你去河边钓鱼，好不好？
Xiǎo Bǎo ，guāi ，bié kū le 。yéye dài nǐ qù hébiān diàoyú ，hǎo bu hǎo ？
Darling, be good, don't cry. Grandpa will take you fishing--how does that sound?
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