鱿鱼 (魷魚)
yóu yú
Pinyin

Definition

鱿鱼 (魷魚)
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yóu yú
  1. squid

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
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

鱿鱼丝
yóuyúsī
dried squid; squid jerky
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你连乌贼都不知道？花枝！花枝知道了吧？就是很像烤鱿鱼的那种，鱿鱼通常比较大，再来是乌贼，就是所谓的花枝，然后是小管。
nǐ lián wūzéi dōu bù zhīdào ？huāzhī ！huāzhī zhīdao le ba ？jiùshì hěn xiàng kǎo yóuyú de nà zhǒng ，yóuyú tōngcháng bǐjiào dà ，zài lái shì wūzéi ，jiùshì suǒwèi de huāzhī ，ránhòu shì xiǎoguǎn 。
You don't even know what cuttlefish are? Cuttle! You know what cuttle is right? It looks a lot like roast squid, except the squid they use for roast squid is normally bigger, then comes cuttle fish, then comes neritic squid
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唉，是啊。这个月已经请了五天假了。再请假，大概要被炒鱿鱼了。
ài ，shì a 。zhè ge yuè yǐjīng qǐng le wǔtiān jià le 。zài qǐngjià ，dàgài yào bèi chǎoyóuyú le 。
Hmm, yeah. I've already taken five days off this month. If I get any more days off, I'll probably get fired.
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别在上班的时候玩游戏，小心被老板炒鱿鱼。
bié zài shàngbān de shíhou wán yóuxì ，xiǎoxīn bèi lǎobǎn chǎo yóuyú 。
Don't play games at work. Be careful the boss doesn't fire you.
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他被炒鱿鱼了。
tā bèi chǎo yóuyú le 。
He got fired.
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炒鱿鱼
chǎo yóuyú
to fire someone, to get fired
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朱丽叶，好啊，你敢炒我鱿鱼！
Zhūlìyè ，hǎoā ，nǐ gǎn chǎo wǒ yóuyú ！
OK, Zhu Liye. You dare to fire ME!
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肯定够。你看，我带了你最喜欢的鸡翅、羊肉串和鱿鱼串。对了，烧烤前别忘了铺一层锡纸。
kěndìng gòu 。nǐ kàn ，wǒ dài le nǐ zuì xǐhuan de jīchì 、yángròuchuàn hé yóuyúchuàn 。duìle ，shāokǎo qián bié wàng le pū yī céng xīzhǐ 。
We definitely have enough. Look, I brought your favorites: chicken wings, mutton skewers and squid skewers. Oh, before you barbecue don’t forget to lay down a layer of tin foil.
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啊，你是说，我被炒鱿鱼了？！
ǎ ，nǐ shì shuō ，wǒ bèi chǎo yóuyú le ？！
Huh? Are you saying...I've been fired?!
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