鱼鳞 (魚鱗)
yú lín
Pinyin

Definition

鱼鳞 (魚鱗)
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yú lín
  1. fish scales

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

bǔ yú
  1. 1 to catch fish
  2. 2 to fish
  1. 1 surname Yu
sān wén yú
  1. 1 salmon (loanword)
rén yú
  1. 1 mermaid
  2. 2 dugong
  3. 3 sea cow
  4. 4 manatee
  5. 5 giant salamander
mò yú
  1. 1 cuttlefish

Idioms (20)

一鳞半爪
yī lín bàn zhuǎ
  1. 1 lit. one scale and half a claw (idiom); only odd bits and pieces
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