鲈鳗
lú mán · (Tw) giant mottled eel (Anguilla marmorata), aka swamp eel or marbled eel; (coll.) (alternative for the nearly homonymous 流氓[liu2 mang2]) gangster
Character breakdown
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How to learn 鲈鳗
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Words with the same characters
Compare how a familiar Hanzi changes meaning inside another word.
sea bass
鲈鱼lú yúbass; perch
尖吻鲈jiān wěn lúbarramundi or Asian sea bass (Lates calcarifer)
金目鲈jīn mù lúBarramundi; Lates calcarifer (a species of catadromous fish in family Latidae of order Perciformes)
莼鲈之思chún lú zhī sī(idiom) homesickness
莼羹鲈脍chún gēng lú kuài(idiom) the dishes from one's hometown; (idiom) homesickness