海绵 海綿 hǎi mián (zoology) sea sponge / (esp.) dried sea sponge / sponge (made from polyester or cellulose etc) / foam rubber 葡萄干 葡萄乾 pú tao gān raisin / dried grape 捕鱼 捕魚 bǔ yú to catch fish / to fish syn 虾米 蝦米 xiā mǐ small shrimp / dried, shelled shrimps / (Tw) (coll.) what (from Taiwanese 啥物, Tai-lo pr. [siánn-mih], equivalent to Mandarin 什麼|什么[shen2me5]) 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 乳臭未干 乳臭未乾 rǔ xiù wèi gān lit. smell of breast milk not yet dried (idiom) / fig. immature and inexperienced / still wet behind the ears syn 枯竭 kū jié used up / dried up / exhausted (of resources) syn 干枯 乾枯 gān kū withered / shriveled / dried-up syn 鱼片 魚片 yú piàn fish fillet / slice of fish meat 干瘪 乾癟 gān biě dried out / wizened / shriveled syn 内定 內定 nèi dìng to select sb for a position without announcing the decision until later / to decide behind closed doors / all cut and dried 风干 風乾 fēng gān to air-dry / to season (timber etc) / air-dried / air-drying 陈皮 陳皮 chén pí dried tangerine peel (used in cuisine and traditional Chinese medicine) 干果 乾果 gān guǒ dried fruit / dry fruits (nuts etc) 干货 乾貨 gān huò dried food (including dried fruits, mushrooms and seafoods such as shrimp and abalone) / (fig.) (coll.) knowledge presented in readily assimilable form / just what you want to know: no more, no less (no padding 水分[shui3fen4]) 紫菜 zǐ cài edible seaweed of genus Porphyra or genus Pyropia, esp. one used to make dried sheets of nori 枯干 枯乾 kū gān dried up / shriveled / withered 青丝 青絲 qīng sī fine black hair / dried plum (sliced, as cake ingredient) syn 眼屎 yǎn shǐ sleep (dried mucus in the corner of the eye) syn 肉松 肉鬆 ròu sōng meat floss / shredded dried pork syn 干贝 乾貝 gān bèi conpoy / dried scallop (dried adductor muscle of a scallop) syn 海米 hǎi mǐ dried shrimps syn 活鱼 活魚 huó yú fresh fish / living fish 牛肉干 牛肉乾 niú ròu gān dried beef / jerky / charqui 冻干 凍乾 dòng gān to freeze-dry / freeze-dried food (such as meat or fruit) 腐竹 fǔ zhú rolls of dried soymilk cream (used in cooking after being rehydrated) 鱼肚 魚肚 yú dǔ fish maw / a food dish made from the swim bladder of fish 虾皮 蝦皮 xiā pí small dried shrimp syn 干菜 乾菜 gān cài dried vegetable 苍术 蒼術 cāng zhú black atractylodes rhizome (dried rhizome of any of several atractylodes species) (TCM) 柿饼 柿餅 shì bǐng dried persimmon 板鸭 板鴨 bǎn yā pressed (dried) salted duck 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 菸 yū to wither / dried leaves / faded / withered 腊 xī dried meat / also pr. [xi2] syn 枯 kū (of plants) withered / (of wells, rivers, etc) dried up / (bound form) dull / boring / (bound form) residue of pressed oilseeds syn 脯 fǔ dried meat / preserved fruit syn 鳐 鰩 yáo skate (cartilaginous fish belonging to the family Rajidae) / ray (fish) 鲲 鯤 kūn fry (newly hatched fish) / legendary giant fish that could transform into a giant bird 鵬|鹏[Peng2] 冬菜 dōng cài preserved dried cabbage or mustard greens 紫河车 紫河車 zǐ hé chē (TCM) dried human placenta (used as medicine) syn 槁 gǎo dried up (wood) / dead tree 脩 xiū dried meat presented by pupils to their teacher at their first meeting (in ancient times) / dried / withered 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 鱼缸 魚缸 yú gāng fish tank / fishbowl / aquarium 打捞 打撈 dǎ lāo to salvage / to dredge / to fish out (person or object from the sea) syn 炸鱼 炸魚 zhá yú deep-fried fish 鱼饵 魚餌 yú ěr fish bait 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 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 捕杀 捕殺 bǔ shā to hunt and kill (an animal or fish) 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 围捕 圍捕 wéi bǔ to fish by casting a net / to capture / to surround and seize syn 飞鱼 飛魚 fēi yú flying fish 咸鱼 鹹魚 xián yú salted 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 捕捞 捕撈 bǔ lāo to fish for (aquatic animals and plants) / to catch syn 鱼鳞 魚鱗 yú lín fish scales syn 鳞片 鱗片 lín piàn scale (of fish, reptiles etc) syn 街市 jiē shì downtown area / commercial district / (chiefly Cantonese) wet market, i.e. a marketplace selling fresh meat, fish and vegetables etc 热带鱼 熱帶魚 rè dài yú tropical fish 不三不四 bù sān bù sì (idiom) dubious / shady / neither one thing nor the other / neither fish nor fowl / nondescript syn 泥鳅 泥鰍 ní qiu loach / mud fish / CL:條|条[tiao2] syn 打鱼 打魚 dǎ yú to fish syn 水族箱 shuǐ zú xiāng aquarium / fish tank 黄鱼 黃魚 huáng yú yellow croaker (fish) syn 白肉 bái ròu plain boiled pork / white meat (fish, poultry etc) syn 银鱼 銀魚 yín yú oriental whitebait / slender silvery-white fish e.g. Galaxias maculatus and Salangichthys microdon 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 鱼群 魚群 yú qún shoal of fish syn 鱼子 魚子 yú zǐ fish eggs / roe / caviar 鱼粉 魚粉 yú fěn fish meal 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 木鱼 木魚 mù yú mokugyo / wooden fish (percussion instrument) 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 淡水鱼 淡水魚 dàn shuǐ yú freshwater fish syn 鱼苗 魚苗 yú miáo fry / newly hatched fish 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 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 荤菜 葷菜 hūn cài non-vegetarian dish (including meat, fish, garlic, onion etc) syn 鱼肚白 魚肚白 yú dù bái fish-belly white (used to describe the dingy light of the dawn sky) 石斑鱼 石斑魚 shí bān yú grouper (Portuguese: garoupa) / also called 鮨 / Epinephelinae (subfamily of Serranidae, fish family including grouper) 捞取 撈取 lāo qǔ to dredge up / to scoop up from the water / to fish for / to gain (by improper means) syn 鱼水 魚水 yú shuǐ fish and water (metaphor for an intimate relationship or inseparability) syn 乌鱼 烏魚 wū yú gray mullet (Mugil cephalus) / snakehead fish (family Channidae) syn 掏出 tāo chū to fish out / to take out (from a pocket, bag etc) 水产品 水產品 shuǐ chǎn pǐn aquatic products (including fish, crabs, seaweed etc) 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 鱼头 魚頭 yú tóu fish head / fig. upright and unwilling to compromise 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 鱼丸 魚丸 yú wán fish ball 网箱 網箱 wǎng xiāng net cage (fish farming) 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 鱼腥草 魚腥草 yú xīng cǎo chameleon plant / fish mint (Houttuynia cordata) 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 