鳗鱼 (鰻魚)
mán yú
Pinyin

Definition

鳗鱼 (鰻魚)
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mán yú
  1. eel

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)

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

一条鳗鱼
yī tiáo mànyú
An eel.
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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。
wǒmen máng zhe diǎn cài ne ,nǐ bié dǎchà 。yào kǎo mányú 、tiānfùluó ,hái yào jiǎozi 、wūdōngmiàn 。
We're busy ordering food. Don't interrupt. We'll have the roasted eel, tempura. We'll also get the dumplings and udon noodles.
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