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  *鱼* | 鱼* | *鱼
fish (CL:條|条,) / 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)
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surname Yu
fishes
fish tank / fishbowl / aquarium
fishpond
fish fillet / slice of fish meat
fish bone
fish eggs / roe / caviar
fish head / fig. upright and unwilling to compromise
fry / newly hatched fish
fish bait
fish and water (metaphor for an intimate relationship or inseparability)
fishing rod
fishhook
torpedo
Yuchi or Yuchih Township in Nantou County 南投縣|南投县, central Taiwan
fishpond
Yufeng district of Liuzhou city 柳州市, Guangxi
lit. fish and dragons mixed in together (idiom); fig. crooks mixed in with the honest folk
Yutai County in Jining 濟寧|济宁, Shandong
ichthyosaur
fin
shark fin
flesh of fish / fish and meat / (fig.) victims of oppression / (fig.) to cruelly oppress (i.e. to treat like flesh to be carved up)
chameleon plant; fish mint (Houttuynia cordata)
harpoon
name used for many fishing birds / cormorant / osprey
(lit.) land of fish and rice / (fig.) fertile region / land of milk and honey
fish meal
fish scales
fishbone
fishing float
shoal of fish
fishtail
close relationship as between fish and water
fish ball
swim bladder
lit. either the fish dies or the net splits / a life and death struggle (idiom)
soft, tender belly part of a fish (considered a delicacy) / (fig.) (sports) weak team; pushover; minnow
fingerling
fish steak
water flea (small crustacean of genus Daphnia)
to walk in in a line
cod liver oil
to pass off fish eyes for pearls / to pass off fake products as genuine (idiom)
one after the other / in single file
fishmonger
variant of 漁網|渔网
variant of 漁具|渔具
sliced raw fish
variant of 漁汛|渔汛
fish ball
fisher / fisherman
yuxiang, a seasoning of Chinese cuisine that typically contains garlic, scallions, ginger, sugar, salt, chili peppers etc (Although "yuxiang" literally means "fish fragrance", it contains no seafood.)
fishing line
surimi
fry / newly hatched fish
"fish" battle formation in ancient times: chariots in front, infantry behind / The Fish Enter the Trap (title of Ode 170 in the Shijing)
bubbles (literary)
fishing boat / same as 漁船|渔船
fish sauce
surimi
the fish hold (of a fishing vessel)
fish and chips (abbr. for 炸魚薯條|炸鱼薯条)
fishcake
kingfisher
percussion instrument in the form of a bamboo fish (traditionally used by Daoist priests)
pork strips stir-fried with yuxiang 魚香|鱼香
wrinkles of the skin / crow's feet
caviar
(Tw) fishpond / fish farm
lit. the fish and the bear's paw, you can't have both at the same time (idiom, from Mencius); fig. you must choose one or the other / you can't always get everything you want / you can't have your cake and eat it
Yutai County in Jining 濟寧|济宁, Shandong
lit. the fish swam away into the depths, the goose vanished in the distance (idiom) / fig. to have had no news (of sb who went away); to have lost contact
lit. the fish and the bear's paw, you can't have both at the same time (idiom, from Mencius); fig. you must choose one or the other / you can't always get everything you want / you can't have your cake and eat it
shark fin soup
Yufeng district of Liuzhou city 柳州市, Guangxi
spaghetti squash (Cucurbita pepo)
to file out; to walk out in a line
fish-belly white (used to describe the dingy light of the dawn sky)
torpedo boat
open-toed shoe / peep-toe
fishplate (in railway engineering)
the pleasure of close intimacy in a couple (idiom) / sexual intercourse
Yuchi or Yuchih Township in Nantou County 南投縣|南投县, central Taiwan
fish brings heat, meat brings phlegm, vegetables and tofu keep you healthy
to prey on the people
fish maw / a food dish made from the swim bladder of fish
erhua variant of 魚鉤|鱼钩
ichthyology
fish floss / crisp and flaky shredded dried fish
(archaic) formation of infantrymen led by chariots


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