鲤鱼 (鯉魚)
lǐ yú
Pinyin

Definition

鲤鱼 (鯉魚)
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lǐ yú
  1. carp

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

可是我现在想想，不能用这个名字。你想，李于，李于，别人听了还以为是一条“鲤鱼”呢。否决！
kěshì wǒ xiànzài xiǎng xiang ，bùnéng yòng zhè ge míngzi 。nǐ xiǎng ，Lǐ yú ，Lǐ yú ，biérén tīng le hái yǐwéi shì yī tiáo “lǐyú ”ne 。fǒujué ！
But thinking about it now, we can't use that name. Think about it-- when they hear it, people will think it's a carp. Veto! [Carp is pronounced liyu in Chinese--Ed.]
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