Results for “鱼”

ichthyosaur

lit. fish and dragons mixed in together (idiom) / fig. crooks mixed in with the honest folk

barbel (fish)

Epinephelus septemfasciatus

lit. to fish for three days and sun-dry the nets for two days (proverb) / fig. not to persevere in doing sth / to do sth by fits and starts

salmon (loanword)

lit. either the fish dies or the net gets torn (idiom) / fig. it's a life-and-death struggle / it's either him or me

(lit.) to be the meat on sb's chopping block (idiom) / (fig.) to be at sb's mercy

lit. to sit tight on the fishing terrace despite the storm (idiom) / fig. to stay calm in a tense situation

octopus

octopus

(bird species of China) crested kingfisher (Megaceryle lugubris)

tapertail anchovy (Coilia ectenes) / various species of cutlassfish / saury

swordfish

porgy (Pagrosomus major)

shark sucker (Echeneis naucrates)

shark sucker (Echeneis naucrates)

(loanword) tuna

(Tw) tilapia

shark sucker (Echeneis naucrates)

softshell turtle

(Tw) Spanish mackerel

see 鯪|鲮[líng]

a fire in the city gates is also a calamity for the fish in the moat (idiom) / the bystander will also suffer / fig. you can't escape responsibility for your actions / ask not for whom the bell tolls - it tolls for thee

Hong Kong catfish (Clarias fuscus)

turbot / European imported turbot / same as 大菱鮃|大菱鲆

halibut

dishes with generous amounts of meat and fish / lavish meal

turbot fish

see 大鱗大麻哈魚|大鳞大麻哈鱼[dà lín dá má hǎ yú]

king salmon / Chinook salmon

see 大馬哈魚|大马哈鱼[dà mǎ hǎ yú]

Croceine croaker (Pseudosciaena crocea), a fish popular in Cantonese cooking

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

Chinese giant salamander (Andrias davidianus)

to guard a tree-stump, waiting for rabbits, and climb a tree to catch fish (idiom) / without any practical course of action

trout

clownfish / anemonefish

Indo-Pacific wrasse (Gomphosus varius)

Hynobius formosanus / Taiwan salamander