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鱼水之欢

yú shuǐ zhī huāndictionary entry
DEFINITION CC-CEDICT
the pleasure of close intimacy in a couple (idiom) / sexual intercourse
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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-748020db444b5f8c. Source SHA-256: bbc4b27f26bee1a262f4d7939667a040c7857c7fc0200a2fa7a86d3352a09eae.

Original source entry:

魚水之歡 鱼水之欢 [yu2 shui3 zhi1 huan1] /the pleasure of close intimacy in a couple (idiom)/sexual intercourse/

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Other forms in these source records: 魚水之歡

  • 鱼
    yú

    fish (CL:條|条[tiáo],尾[wěi]) / used in the names of various aquatic animals that are not fish (including abalone 鮑魚|鲍鱼[bào yú], alligators and crocodiles 鱷魚|鳄鱼[è yú] and octopi 章魚|章鱼[zhāng yú])

    Yú

    surname Yu

  • 水
    shuǐ

    water / (after a name) ... River / to swim (used mostly in 會水|会水[huì shuǐ] and 水性[shuǐ xìng]) / (coll.) lacking in substance / shoddy / (bound form) additional cost / extra income / classifier for washings of a garment

    Shuǐ

    surname Shui / Shui ethnic group

  • 之
    zhī

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

  • 欢
    huān

    joyous / happy / pleased / hubbub / clamor / a breed of horse

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