| | 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) | HSK 2 |
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| | fish (CL: 條｜条, 尾) / used in the names of various aquatic animals that are not fish (including abalone 鮑魚｜鲍鱼, alligators and crocodiles 鱷魚｜鳄鱼 and octopi 章魚｜章鱼) | HSK 2 |
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| | loose / to loosen / to relax / floss (dry, fluffy food product made from shredded, seasoned meat or fish, used as a topping or filling) | HSK 4 |
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| | 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) to have things under control; to be able to handle it | HSK 7-9 |
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| | Croceine croaker (Pseudosciaena crocea), a fish popular in Cantonese cooking | |
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| | fish brings heat, meat brings phlegm, vegetables and tofu keep you healthy | |
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| | to fish out (from pocket) / to scoop | HSK 6 |
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| | fish-belly white (used to describe the dingy light of the dawn sky) | |
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| | aquatic products (including fish, crabs, seaweed etc) | HSK 5 |
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| | gudgeon (Gobio gobio, a small freshwater fish, or any of various similar or related species) | |
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| | fish catch | |
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| | the ponyfishes, aka slipmouths (Leiognathidae, a family of fishes in the order Perciformes) / Taiwan pr. [bi4] | |
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| | tail / remainder / remnant / extremity / sixth of the 28 constellations / classifier for fish | |
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| | to fish up / to dredge up | HSK 7-9 |
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| | downtown area / commercial district / (chiefly Cantonese) wet market, i.e. a marketplace selling fresh meat, fish and vegetables etc | |
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| | (archaic) a kind of black fish / bad person (Cantonese slang) | |
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| | grouper (Portuguese: garoupa) / also called 鮨 / Epinephelinae (subfamily of Serranidae, fish family including grouper) | |
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| | (idiom) dubious; shady; neither one thing nor the other; neither fish nor fowl; nondescript | |
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| | to debone / (of meat or fish) boneless | |
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| | to fish by casting a net / to capture / to surround and seize | |
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| | lit. the voice of the guest overwhelms that of the host (idiom) / fig. a minor player upstages the main attraction / minor details obscure the main point / the sauce is better than the fish | |
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| | hagfish (jawless proto-fish of class Myxini) | |
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| | fish of genus Sarcocheilichthys (a genus of cyprinid fishes found in eastern Asia) | |
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| | to salvage / to dredge / to fish out (person or object from the sea) | HSK 7-9 |
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| | like a fish back in water (idiom); glad to be back in one's proper surroundings | |
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| | gray mullet (Mugil cephalus) / snakehead fish (family Channidae) | |
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| | to fish (with line and hook); to angle / (fig.) to entrap / (Tw) to repeatedly nod one's head while dozing | HSK 7-9 |
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| | there are plenty more fish in the sea (idiom) | |
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| | to catch fish; to fish | |
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| | the three sacrificial animals (originally cow, sheep and pig; later pig, chicken and fish) | |
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| | (lit.) land of fish and rice / (fig.) fertile region / land of milk and honey | |
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| | lit. would rather be a chicken's head than a phoenix's tail (idiom) / fig. to prefer to be a big fish in a small pond rather than a small fish in a big pond | |
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| | (of a bird, fish etc) to be caught in a net / (of a tennis ball) to hit the net / (of a criminal) to be captured | |
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| | 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 | |
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| | fish and water (metaphor for an intimate relationship or inseparability) | |
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| | use a long line to catch a big fish (idiom); a long-term plan for major returns | |
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| | to fish in troubled water (idiom); to take advantage of a crisis for personal gain / also written 渾水摸魚｜浑水摸鱼 | |
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| | fishes | |
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| | 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 | |
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| | 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 | |
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| | sweet and sour fish | |
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| | 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) | |
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| | non-vegetarian dish (including meat, fish, garlic, onion etc) | |
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| | deep-fried fish cake popular in Taiwan (loanword from Japanese "tempura") | |
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| | oden, Japanese dish made with boiled eggs, processed fish cakes, daikon radish, tofu etc in a kelp-based broth | |
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| | sliced raw fish | |
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| | to angle for fame (idiom) / to fish for compliments | HSK 7-9 |
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| | to fish out / to take out (from a pocket, bag etc) | |
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| | mandarin fish | |
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| | oden, Japanese dish made with boiled eggs, processed fish cakes, daikon radish, tofu etc in a kelp-based broth | |
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| | to fish | |
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| | basket for trapping fish | |
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| | lit. fish and dragons mixed in together (idiom); fig. crooks mixed in with the honest folk | |
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| | net cage (fish farming) | |
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| | oriental whitebait / slender silvery-white fish e.g. Galaxias maculatus and Salangichthys microdon | |
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| | lit. either the fish dies or the net splits / a life and death struggle (idiom) | |
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| | meat and fish | |
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| | barbel (fish) | |
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| | to dredge up; to scoop up from the water / to fish for; to gain (by improper means) | |
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| | jawless (primitive fish) | |
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| | lit. climb a tree to catch a fish (idiom); fig. to attempt the impossible | |
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| | strong-smelling vegetable (garlic etc) / non-vegetarian food (meat, fish etc) / vulgar / obscene | |
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| | skate (cartilaginous fish belonging to the family Rajidae) / stingray | |
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| | (literary) boiled stew of fish and meat | |
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| | gills of fish | |
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| | salted fish | |
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| | yellow croaker (fish) / corvina | |
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| | (of fish) to migrate | |
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| | freshwater fish, shrimp, crabs and clams etc | |
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| | better to go home and weave a net than to stand by the pond longing for fish (idiom) / one should take practical steps to achieve one's aim | |
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| | entire / whole (fish, road etc) | |
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| | to fish in troubled water (idiom); to take advantage of a crisis for personal gain | |
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| | lit. (of fish) to moisten each other with spittle (when out of the water) (idiom) / fig. to share meager resources and support each other in times of difficulty | |
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| | stir-fried yellow fish filet | |
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| | "flying fish family", family who sacrifice everything to send their children abroad to study | |
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| | to pass off fish eyes for pearls / to pass off fake products as genuine (idiom) | |
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| | shoal of fish | |
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| | mokugyo / wooden fish (percussion instrument) | |
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| | aquarium / fish tank | |
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| | lit. a fish that escaped the net (idiom) / fig. sb or sth that slips through the net | |
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| | flesh of fish / fish and meat / (fig.) victims of oppression / (fig.) to cruelly oppress (i.e. to treat like flesh to be carved up) | |
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| | caviar / fish roe | |
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| | percussion instrument in the form of a bamboo fish (traditionally used by Daoist priests) | |
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| | cage-like fish trap | |
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| | dishes with generous amounts of meat and fish / lavish meal | |
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| | hand-shredded fish soup, a speciality of Shunde 順德｜顺德 | |
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| | to fish for (aquatic animals and plants) / to catch | |
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| | Fish Leong (1978-), Malaysian pop singer / also Leong Chui Peng or Jasmine Leong | |
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| | kamaboko (Japanese steamed fish cake made from surimi) | |
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| | the fish hold (of a fishing vessel) | |
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| | mandarin fish / Chinese perch (Siniperca chuatsi) | |
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| | to have a clear view (of a situation) / to fish for information / fact-finding | |
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| | plain boiled pork / white meat (fish, poultry etc) | |
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| | to implicate / net for birds or fish | |
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| | lit. to dredge for money / to make money by reprehensible means / to fish for a quick buck | |
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| | (of fish) to bite; to take the bait | |
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| | turbot fish | |
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| | lit. as if having a fish bone stuck in one's throat (idiom) / fig. very upset and needing to express one's displeasure | |
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| | fighting fish (genus Betta) | |
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