鲸鱼 (鯨魚)
jīng yú
Pinyin
Definition
鲸鱼 (鯨魚)
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- whale
- CL:條|条[tiáo]
Character Decomposition
Idioms (20)
不是鱼死就是网破
- 1 lit. either the fish dies or the net gets torn (idiom)
- 2 fig. it's a life-and-death struggle
- 3 it's either him or me
人为刀俎,我为鱼肉
- 1 lit. to be the meat on sb's chopping block (idiom)
- 2 fig. to be at sb's mercy
任凭风浪起,稳坐钓鱼台
- 1 lit. sitting at ease in a fishing boat despite wind and storm (idiom); to stay calm during tense situation
- 2 a cool head in a crisis
城门失火,殃及池鱼
- 1 a fire in the city gates is also a calamity for the fish in the moat (idiom); the bystander will also suffer
- 2 fig. you can't escape responsibility for your actions
- 3 ask not for whom the bell tolls - it tolls for thee
太公钓鱼,愿者上钩
- 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
那鲸鱼当然是鱼咯?它住在水里,没有脚,有鳍,而且名字叫做鲸鱼!
Then a whale is a fish of course? It lives in the water, it has no feet, it has fins and its Chinese name contains the character for fish!
胡说,按照生物学的分类,鲸鱼是哺乳类,因为它用肺呼吸,是胎生动物,别以为你能唬得了我。
Nonsense, according to taxonomy, whales are mammals, because they breathe with their lungs and they are viviparous, don't think you can fool me.