钓鱼岛 (釣魚島)
Diào yú Dǎo
Pinyin

Definition

钓鱼岛 (釣魚島)
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Diào yú Dǎo
  1. Senkaku Islands (administered by Japan as part of Okinawa prefecture)
  2. Diaoyu Islands
  3. Pinnacle Islands

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

dǎo
  1. 1 island
  2. 2 classifier: 个 gè
  3. 3 classifier: 座 zuò
bǔ yú
  1. 1 to catch fish
  2. 2 to fish
diào
  1. 1 to fish with a hook and bait
Qīng dǎo
  1. 1 Qingdao, subprovincial city in Shandong
  1. 1 surname Yu

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