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fish (CL:條|条[tiao2],尾[wei3]) / used in the names of various aquatic animals that are not fish (including abalone 鮑魚|鲍鱼[bao4 yu2], alligators and crocodiles 鱷魚|鳄鱼[e4 yu2] and octopi 章魚|章鱼[zhang1 yu2])
sōng loose / to loosen / to relax / floss (dry, fluffy food product made from shredded, seasoned meat or fish, used as a topping or filling)
tào to cover / to encase / cover / sheath / to overlap / to interleave / to model after / to copy / formula / harness / loop of rope / (fig.) to fish for / to obtain slyly / classifier for sets, collections / bend (of a river or mountain range, in place names) / tau (Greek letter Ττ)
水产品 shuǐ chǎn pǐn aquatic products (including fish, crabs, seaweed etc)
zhào to cover; to spread over / a cover; a shade; a hood / bamboo fish trap / bamboo chicken coop / (Tw) (coll.) to protect; to have sb's back / (Tw) (coll.) awesome; incredible / (Tw) (coll.) (often as 罩得住[zhao4 de2 zhu4]) to have things under control; to be able to handle it
tāo to fish out (from pocket) / to scoop
茹鱼 putrid fish
关东煮 Guān dōng zhǔ oden, Japanese dish made with boiled eggs, processed fish cakes, daikon radish, tofu etc in a kelp-based broth
kūn fry (newly hatched fish) / legendary giant fish that could transform into a giant bird 鵬|鹏[Peng2]
打捞 lāo to salvage / to dredge / to fish out (person or object from the sea)
如鱼得水 shuǐ like a fish back in water (idiom); glad to be back in one's proper surroundings
不是鱼死就是网破 shì jiù shì wǎng 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
lāo to fish up / to dredge up
骨鲠之臣 gěng zhī chén lit. fish bone of a minister (idiom); fig. person one can rely on for candid criticism
捞钱 lāo qián lit. to dredge for money / to make money by reprehensible means / to fish for a quick buck
授之以鱼不如授之以渔 shòu zhī shòu zhī 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)
wěi tail / remainder / remnant / extremity / sixth of the 28 constellations / classifier for fish
沉鱼落雁 chén luò yàn lit. fish sink, goose alights (idiom, from Zhuangzi 莊子|庄子[Zhuang1 zi3]); fig. female beauty captivating even the birds and beasts
鱼生火,肉生痰,青菜豆腐保平安 shēng huǒ , ròu shēng tán , qīng cài dòu fu bǎo píng ān fish brings heat, meat brings phlegm, vegetables and tofu keep you healthy
大鱼大肉 ròu dishes with generous amounts of meat and fish / lavish meal
摸鱼 to catch fish / (fig.) to loaf on the job; to be slack; to take it easy
打鱼 to fish
街市 jiē shì downtown area / commercial district / (chiefly Cantonese) wet market, i.e. a marketplace selling fresh meat, fish and vegetables etc
三天打鱼,两天晒网 sān tiān , liǎng tiān shài wǎng 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
(archaic) a kind of black fish / bad person (Cantonese slang)


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