鱼 (魚)
yú
Pinyin

Definition

鱼 (魚)
 - 
yú
  1. fish
  2. CL:條|条[tiáo],尾[wěi]
鱼 (魚)
 - 
Yú
  1. surname Yu

Character Decomposition

Compounds (23)

鰽
qiú
  1. 1 herring
鰕
xiā
  1. 1 variant: 虾 xiā
  2. 2 prawn
  3. 3 shrimp
𫚭
liè
  1. 1 minnow
鳜
guì
  1. 1 mandarin fish
  2. 2 Chinese perch (Siniperca chuatsi)
鳢
lǐ
  1. 1 snakefish
  2. 2 snakehead mullet

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
墨鱼
mò yú
  1. 1 cuttlefish

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

生鱼片
shēngyúpiàn
Sashimi
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老板很喜欢他，所以他在公司如鱼得水。
lǎobǎn hěn xǐhuan tā ，suǒyǐ tā zài gōngsī rúyúdéshuǐ 。
The boss likes him a lot so he is doing quite well in the company.
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Joe在KTV如鱼得水，因为他很会唱歌。
zài rúyúdéshuǐ ，yīnwèi tā hěn huì chànggē 。
Joe takes to KTV like a duck to water because he's good at singing.
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如鱼得水
rúyúdéshuǐ
Like a fish in water.
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有你的帮忙我真是如鱼得水。
yǒu nǐ de bāngmáng wǒ zhēnshi rúyúdéshuǐ 。
With your help, I'm like a fish in water.
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他在这车水马龙的城市里如鱼得水，因为他从不拖泥带水。
tā zài zhè chēshuǐmǎlóng de chéngshì lǐ rúyúdéshuǐ ，yīnwèi tā cóngbù tuōnídàishuǐ 。
In this bustling city, he is like a fish in water. Because he never works sloppily.
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我又想吃酸菜鱼了。
wǒ yòu xiǎng chī suāncàiyú le 。
I feel like eating fish with pickles again.
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比如沙漠里的动物—狮子、鸟、蜥蜴、蜘蛛、青蛙等等—大多数都有微黄的“沙漠色”作为它们的保护色；深海生物则因为红光不易穿透到深海，所以这里的鱼大多是红色的；而雪地上的动物—比如北极熊、北极兔—则会披上一层白色，让它们能安稳地藏在雪白世界中。
bǐrú shāmò lǐ de dòngwù —shīzi 、niǎo 、xīyì 、zhīzhū 、qīngwā děngděng —dàduōshù dōu yǒu wēi huáng de “shāmò sè ”zuòwéi tāmen de bǎohùsè ；shēnhǎi shēngwù zé yīnwèi hóng guāng bùyì chuāntòu dào shēnhǎi ，suǒyǐ zhèlǐ de yú dàduō shì hóngsè de ；ér xuě dì shàng de dòngwù —bǐrú běijíxióng 、běijí tù —zé huì pī shàng yī céng báisè ，ràng tāmen néng ānwěn de cáng zài xuěbái shìjiè zhōng 。
For example, in the desert, lions, birds, lizards, spiders, frogs and so on all have a light yellow “desert color” as their camouflage. Creatures in the deep ocean are often red because light cannot be easily shunned through in the deep sea. Lastly, animals that live in the snow, such as Polar Bears and Arctic Rabbits, will have a coat of white so that they can hide peacefully in the snowfield.
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这道是清蒸鲈鱼，小心刺。
zhè dào shì qīngzhēng lúyú ，xiǎoxīn cì 。
This is steamed striped bass. Be careful of the fishbones.
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家里的闲置物品我现在会去闲鱼交易，但是像旧手机、旧家电这类，以前真的不知道正规的处理渠道在哪里，随意丢弃的话对环境污染真的蛮厉害的。
jiālǐ de xiánzhìwùpǐn wǒ xiànzài huì qù xiányú jiāoyì ，dànshì xiàng jiù shǒujī 、jiù jiādiàn zhè lèi ，yǐqián zhēnde bù zhīdào zhèngguī de chǔlǐ qúdào zài nǎlǐ ，suíyì diūqì dehuà duì huánjìngwūrǎn zhēnde mán lìhai de 。
For idle tems in the house, I use an application by Taobao to resell. But for old mobile phones and other old home electrical appliances, I did not know the proper channels to dispose in the past. Improper disposal can cause serious environmental harm
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