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"black cardinal fish" Chinese-English Dictionary

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Chinese Pinyin Translation
黑天竺鲷 黑天竺鯛 hēi tiān dǔ diāo black cardinal fish
Chinese Pinyin Translation
五常 wǔ cháng the five cardinal virtues in traditional Chinese ethics: benevolence 仁[ren2], justice 義|义[yi4], propriety 禮|礼[li3], wisdom 智[zhi4] and honor 信[xin4] / alternative term for 五倫|五伦[wu3lun2], the five cardinal relationships / alternative term for 五行[wu3xing2], the five elements syn
细条天竺鲷 細條天竺鯛 xì tiáo tiān dǔ diāo cardinal fish
1995年鱼类种群协定 1995年魚類種群協定 Agreement for the Implementation of the Provisions of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea of 10 December 1982 relating to the Conservation and Management of Straddling Fish Stocks and Highly Migratory Fish Stocks / 1995 Fish Stocks Agreemen
基数 基數 jī shù cardinal number / (math.) radix / base
四项基本原则 四項基本原則 sì xiàng jī běn yuán zé the Four Cardinal Principles enunciated by Deng Xiaoping 鄧小平|邓小平[Deng4 Xiao3 ping2] in 1979: to uphold the socialist road, the dictatorship of the proletariat, the leadership of the CCP, and Maoism and Marxism-Leninism
枢机 樞機 shū jī cardinal (Catholicism) syn
酒色财气 酒色財氣 jiǔ sè cái qì wine, sex, avarice and temper (idiom) / four cardinal vices
枢机主教 樞機主教 shū jī zhǔ jiào cardinal (of the Catholic Church) syn
基数词 基數詞 jī shù cí cardinal numeral
彝伦 彞倫 yí lún cardinal human relationships
红衣主教 紅衣主教 hóng yī zhǔ jiào Catholic cardinal 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
捕鱼 捕魚 bǔ yú to catch fish / to fish syn
鱼片 魚片 yú piàn fish fillet / slice of fish meat
活鱼 活魚 huó yú fresh fish / living fish
鱼肚 魚肚 yú dǔ fish maw / a food dish made from the swim bladder of fish
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
鲲 鯤 kūn fry (newly hatched fish) / legendary giant fish that could transform into a giant bird 鵬|鹏[Peng2]
鳐 鰩 yáo skate (cartilaginous fish belonging to the family Rajidae) / ray (fish)
鱄 zhuān fish (meaning variable: mackerel, anchovy, fresh-water fish)
鱼松 魚鬆 yú sōng fish floss / crisp and flaky shredded dried fish
跨界渔类种群 transboundary fish stock / shared fish stock
拖鱼 拖魚 tuō yú towfish / towed fish / fish
叉尾带鱼 silver scabbard fish / cutless fish
底栖鱼类 底棲魚類 bottom-living fish / demersal fish
授人以鱼不如授人以渔 授人以魚不如授人以漁 shòu rén yǐ yú bù rú shòu rén yǐ yú 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
宁做鸡头，不做凤尾 寧做雞頭，不做鳳尾 nìng zuò jī tóu , bù zuò fèng wěi 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
授之以鱼不如授之以渔 授之以魚不如授之以漁 shòu zhī yǐ yú bù rú shòu zhī yǐ yú 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)
鱼丽 魚麗 yú lì "fish" battle formation in ancient times: chariots in front, infantry behind / The Fish Enter the Trap (title of Ode 170 in the Shijing)
鰦 zī (archaic) a kind of black fish / bad person (Cantonese slang)
黑子 hēi zǐ black piece (in Chinese chess) / black stone (in Go) / (astronomy) sunspot syn
真武 zhēn wǔ Lord of profound heaven, major Daoist deity / aka Black Tortoise 玄武 or Black heavenly emperor 玄天上帝
豆豉 dòu chǐ black bean / black bean sauce
昏天黑地 hūn tiān hēi dì lit. dark sky and black earth (idiom) / fig. pitch dark / to black out / disorderly / troubled times syn
黑鬼 hēi guǐ black devil (derogatory term for black or African person)
乌亮 烏亮 wū liàng lustrous and black / jet-black syn
骊 驪 lí black horse / jet steed / good horse / legendary black dragon
混淆黑白 hùn xiáo hēi bái to confuse black and white / to say that black is white / fig. not to distinguish right from wrong syn
皁 zào black / police runners, from the black clothes formerly worn by them
害马 害馬 hài mǎ lit. the black horse of the herd / fig. troublemaker / the black sheep of the family
乌黑色 烏黑色 wū hēi sè black / crow-black
信号中断 信號中斷 signal black-out / black-out
玄色 xuán sè black (without gloss) / black with a hint of red in it
黑白分明 hēi bái fēn míng lit. black and white clearly contrasted (idiom) / fig. unambiguous / black-and-white / in sharp contrast / to distinguish clearly right from wrong syn
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
整条 整條 zhěng tiáo entire / whole (fish, road etc)
摸底 mō dǐ to have a clear view (of a situation) / to fish for information / fact-finding 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
捞钱 撈錢 lāo qián lit. to dredge for money / to make money by reprehensible means / to fish for a quick buck
网箱 網箱 wǎng xiāng net cage (fish farming)
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
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)
The four tones The four tones of Mandarin Pitch over time: tone 1 high and level (red), tone 2 rising (orange), tone 3 falling then rising (green), tone 4 falling (blue). tone 1 tone 2 tone 3 tone 4 Time Pitch

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