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涸辙之鲋

hé zhé zhī fùdictionary entry
DEFINITION CC-CEDICT
lit. a fish in a dried-out rut (idiom) / fig. a person in dire straits
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Reference definitions: CC-CEDICT contributors and MDBG, CC BY-SA 4.0. Source release 2026-10-27T01:55:52Z. Imported 2026-10-27. Definition wording and meaning order are retained. Recognized pronunciation references are displayed with tone marks; the original source record is available below.

Source record: cd-3be797e0a99d278a. Source SHA-256: bbc4b27f26bee1a262f4d7939667a040c7857c7fc0200a2fa7a86d3352a09eae.

Original source entry:

涸轍之鮒 涸辙之鲋 [he2 zhe2 zhi1 fu4] /lit. a fish in a dried-out rut (idiom)/fig. a person in dire straits/

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Other forms in these source records: 涸轍之鮒

  • 涸
    hé

    to dry / to dry up

  • 辙
    zhé

    rut / track of a wheel (Taiwan pr. [chè]) / (coll.) the direction of traffic / a rhyme (of a song, poem etc) / (dialect) (usu. after 有[yǒu] or 沒|没[méi]) way / idea

  • 之
    zhī

    (possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的[de]) / him / her / it

  • 鲋
    fù

    silver carp

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