鳗鱼 (鰻魚)
mán yú
Pinyin
Definition
鳗鱼 (鰻魚)
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- eel
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
一条鳗鱼
An eel.
我们忙着点菜呢,你别打岔。要烤鳗鱼、天富罗,还要饺子、乌东面。
We're busy ordering food. Don't interrupt. We'll have the roasted eel, tempura. We'll also get the dumplings and udon noodles.