Word information
Simplified剑鱼
Traditional劍魚
Pinyinjiàn yú
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Character breakdown
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How to learn 剑鱼
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鱼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[bao4 yu2], alligators and crocodiles 鱷魚|鳄鱼[e4 yu2] and octopi 章魚|章鱼[zhang1 yu2]); surname Yu
钓鱼diàoyúto fish (with line and hook); to angle; (fig.) to entrap; (Tw) to repeatedly nod one's head while dozing
剑jiàndouble-edged sword; CL:口[kou3],把[ba3]; classifier for blows of a sword; variant of 劍|剑[jian4]
鲨鱼shāyúshark
鳄鱼èyúalligator; crocodile (CL:條|条[tiao2])
刻舟求剑kèzhōu-qiújiànlit. a notch on the side of a boat to locate a sword dropped overboard (idiom); fig. an action made pointless by changed circumstances