摸底 mō dǐ to have a clear view (of a situation) / to fish for information / fact-finding syn 网箱 網箱 wǎng xiāng net cage (fish farming) 乌鱼 烏魚 wū yú gray mullet (Mugil cephalus) / snakehead fish (family Channidae) syn 鱼 魚 yú 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[bao4yu2], alligators and crocodiles 鱷魚|鳄鱼[e4yu2] and octopi 章魚|章鱼[zhang1yu2]) syn 套 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) syn 钓 釣 diào to fish with a hook and line / to angle syn 捞 撈 lāo to fish up / to dredge up syn 荤 葷 hūn strong-smelling vegetable (garlic etc) / non-vegetarian food (meat, fish etc) / vulgar / obscene syn 铦 銛 xiān fish-spear / sharp 掏出 tāo chū to fish out / to take out (from a pocket, bag etc) 钓鱼 釣魚 diào yú to fish (with line and hook) / to angle / (fig.) to entrap / (Tw) to repeatedly nod one's head while dozing syn 水产品 水產品 shuǐ chǎn pǐn aquatic products (including fish, crabs, seaweed etc) 落网 落網 luò wǎng (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 syn 鱼肉 魚肉 yú ròu flesh of fish / fish and meat / (fig.) victims of oppression / (fig.) to cruelly oppress (i.e. to treat like flesh to be carved up) syn 整条 整條 zhěng tiáo entire / whole (fish, road etc) 捕鱼 捕魚 bǔ yú to catch fish / to fish syn 打捞 打撈 dǎ lāo to salvage / to dredge / to fish out (person or object from the sea) syn 鱼头 魚頭 yú tóu fish head / fig. upright and unwilling to compromise 鳞片 鱗片 lín piàn scale (of fish, reptiles etc) syn 捕捞 捕撈 bǔ lāo to fish for (aquatic animals and plants) / to catch syn 咸鱼 鹹魚 xián yú salted fish syn 鱼缸 魚缸 yú gāng fish tank / fishbowl / aquarium 飞鱼 飛魚 fēi yú flying fish 泥鳅 泥鰍 ní qiu loach / mud fish / CL:條|条[tiao2] syn 鱼粉 魚粉 yú fěn fish meal 如鱼得水 如魚得水 rú yú dé shuǐ like a fish back in water (idiom) / glad to be back in one's proper surroundings syn 木鱼 木魚 mù yú mokugyo / wooden fish (percussion instrument) 热带鱼 熱帶魚 rè dài yú tropical fish 放养 放養 fàng yǎng to raise (livestock or poultry) in an open environment / to breed (fish, bees, silkworms etc) in a suitable environment / to culture (kelp etc) / to release (a captive animal) into the wild syn 街市 jiē shì downtown area / commercial district / (chiefly Cantonese) wet market, i.e. a marketplace selling fresh meat, fish and vegetables etc 捕杀 捕殺 bǔ shā to hunt and kill (an animal or fish) 水族箱 shuǐ zú xiāng aquarium / fish tank 鱼片 魚片 yú piàn fish fillet / slice of fish meat 鱼龙混杂 魚龍混雜 yú lóng hùn zá lit. fish and dragons mixed in together (idiom) / fig. crooks mixed in with the honest folk syn 水煮鱼 水煮魚 shuǐ zhǔ yú Sichuan poached sliced fish in hot chili oil 鱼骨 魚骨 yú gǔ fish bone 鱼鳞 魚鱗 yú lín fish scales syn 鱼丸 魚丸 yú wán fish ball 打鱼 打魚 dǎ yú to fish syn 围捕 圍捕 wéi bǔ to fish by casting a net / to capture / to surround and seize syn 淡水鱼 淡水魚 dàn shuǐ yú freshwater fish syn 鱼苗 魚苗 yú miáo fry / newly hatched fish syn 活鱼 活魚 huó yú fresh fish / living fish 捞钱 撈錢 lāo qián lit. to dredge for money / to make money by reprehensible means / to fish for a quick buck 黄鱼 黃魚 huáng yú yellow croaker (fish) syn 鱼饵 魚餌 yú ěr fish bait syn 不三不四 bù sān bù sì (idiom) dubious / shady / neither one thing nor the other / neither fish nor fowl / nondescript syn 沉鱼落雁 沉魚落雁 chén yú 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 syn 漏网之鱼 漏網之魚 lòu wǎng zhī yú lit. a fish that escaped the net (idiom) / fig. sb or sth that slips through the net syn 白肉 bái ròu plain boiled pork / white meat (fish, poultry etc) syn 鱼群 魚群 yú qún shoal of fish syn 鱼腥草 魚腥草 yú xīng cǎo chameleon plant / fish mint (Houttuynia cordata) syn 鱼目混珠 魚目混珠 yú mù hùn zhū to pass off fish eyes for pearls / to pass off fake products as genuine (idiom) syn 鱼米之乡 魚米之鄉 yú mǐ zhī xiāng (lit.) land of fish and rice / (fig.) fertile region / land of milk and honey syn 大海捞针 大海撈針 dà hǎi lāo zhēn lit. to fish a needle from the sea / to find a needle in a haystack (idiom) syn 银鱼 銀魚 yín yú oriental whitebait / slender silvery-white fish e.g. Galaxias maculatus and Salangichthys microdon 捞取 撈取 lāo qǔ to dredge up / to scoop up from the water / to fish for / to gain (by improper means) syn 鱼与熊掌 魚與熊掌 yú yǔ xióng zhǎng 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 鱼肚 魚肚 yú dǔ fish maw / a food dish made from the swim bladder of fish 荤菜 葷菜 hūn cài non-vegetarian dish (including meat, fish, garlic, onion etc) syn 摸鱼 摸魚 mō yú to catch fish / (fig.) to loaf on the job / to be slack / to take it easy 鱼水 魚水 yú shuǐ fish and water (metaphor for an intimate relationship or inseparability) syn 鱼死网破 魚死網破 yú sǐ wǎng pò lit. either the fish dies or the net splits / a life and death struggle (idiom) syn 鱼肚白 魚肚白 yú dù bái fish-belly white (used to describe the dingy light of the dawn sky) 鳜鱼 鱖魚 guì yú mandarin fish / Chinese perch (Siniperca chuatsi) syn 黄花鱼 黃花魚 huáng huā yú yellow croaker (fish) / corvina syn 石斑鱼 石斑魚 shí bān yú grouper (Portuguese: garoupa) / also called 鮨 / Epinephelinae (subfamily of Serranidae, fish family including grouper) 鱼子 魚子 yú zǐ fish eggs / roe / caviar 鱼水情 魚水情 yú shuǐ qíng close relationship as between fish and water syn 炸鱼 炸魚 zhá yú deep-fried fish 桂鱼 桂魚 guì yú mandarin fish 关东煮 關東煮 guān dōng zhǔ oden, Japanese dish made with boiled eggs, processed fish cakes, daikon radish, tofu etc in a kelp-based broth 荤腥 葷腥 hūn xīng meat and fish syn 缘木求鱼 緣木求魚 yuán mù qiú yú lit. climb a tree to catch a fish (idiom) / fig. to attempt the impossible syn 大黄鱼 大黃魚 dà huáng yú Croceine croaker (Pseudosciaena crocea), a fish popular in Cantonese cooking syn 鱼排 魚排 yú pái fish steak 渊薮 淵藪 yuān sǒu (lit.) gathering place of fish or other creatures / (fig.) haunt / lair / nest / den / hotbed 糖醋鱼 糖醋魚 táng cù yú sweet and sour fish 非驴非马 非驢非馬 fēi lǘ fēi mǎ neither fish nor fowl / resembling nothing on earth syn 松 鬆 sōng loose / to loosen / to relax / floss (dry, fluffy food product made from shredded, seasoned meat or fish, used as a topping or filling) syn 鲜 鱻 xiān fish / old variant of 鮮|鲜[xian1] syn 尾 wěi tail / remainder / remnant / extremity / sixth of the 28 constellations / classifier for fish syn 腊 臘 là ancient practice of offering sacrifices to the gods in the 12th lunar month / the 12th lunar month / (bound form) (of meat, fish etc) cured in winter, esp. in the 12th lunar month syn 渔 漁 yú fisherman / to fish syn 罩 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[zhao4de2zhu4]) to have things under control / to be able to handle it syn 鳞 鱗 lín scales (of fish, snakes etc) syn 鳃 鰓 sāi gills of fish 汕 shàn bamboo fish trap / used in names of places connected with Shantou 汕頭|汕头[Shan4 tou2] 鳎 鰨 tǎ sole (fish) syn 馁 餒 něi (bound form) hungry / starving / (bound form) dispirited / (literary) (of fish) putrid syn 鳅 鰍 qiū loach (family Cobitidae) / used in 鯕鰍|鲯鳅[qi2qiu1] (mahi-mahi, a fish unrelated to the loaches) syn 脍 膾 kuài chopped meat or fish 雎 jū osprey / fish hawk 笱 gǒu basket for trapping fish 鲰 鯫 zōu minnows / small fish 鲲 鯤 kūn fry (newly hatched fish) / legendary giant fish that could transform into a giant bird 鵬|鹏[Peng2] 