Results for “鱼”

flounder

(loanword) basa (Pangasius bocourti)

ribbonfish / hairtail / beltfish / cutlassfish (family Trichiuridae)

mudskipper (amphibious fish)

lit. catch fish then forget the trap (idiom, from Zhuangzi 莊子|庄子[Zhuāng zǐ]) / fig. to take help for granted

to fish

hand-shredded fish soup, a speciality of Shunde 順德|顺德[Shùn dé]

give a man a fish and you feed him for a day / teach a man to fish and you feed him for a lifetime (idiom)

give a man a fish and you feed him for a day / teach a man to fish and you feed him for a lifetime / knowledge is the best charity

fighting fish (genus Betta)

to catch fish / (fig.) to loaf on the job / to be slack / to take it easy

use a long line to catch a big fish (idiom) / a long-term plan for major returns

lancelet (Branchiostoma lanceolatum), a primitive fish

zebrafish

(bird species of China) pied kingfisher (Ceryle rudis)

Chinese herring (Ilisha elongata) / white herring / slender shad

ocean sunfish (Mola mola)

mokugyo / wooden fish (percussion instrument)

see 柴魚片|柴鱼片[chái yú piàn]

katsuobushi or dried bonito flakes (paper-thin shavings of preserved skipjack tuna)

mandarin fish

plaice

capelin

lit. shallow waters cannot harbor big fish (idiom) / fig. ambitious, talented people cannot reach their full potential in a small organization

lit. water that is too clean holds no fish (idiom) / fig. one who is too severe has no friends

blobfish (Psychrolutes marcidus)

Sichuan poached sliced fish in hot chili oil

(saying) water that is too clear has no fish, and one who is too severe has no friends

piranha (fish)

lit. fish sink, goose alights (idiom, from Zhuangzi 莊子|庄子[Zhuāng zǐ]) / fig. female beauty captivating even the birds and beasts

freshwater fish

fresh fish / living fish

saltwater fish

saltwater fish

freshwater fish

a fish moving about in water

naked carp / Gymnocypris przewalskii

(lit.) a fish that escaped the net (idiom) / (fig.) sb or sth that slips through the net

see 漏網之魚|漏网之鱼[lòu wǎng zhī yú]

fish and chips