乌贼
wū zéi
Pinyin

Definition

乌贼
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wū zéi
  1. cuttlefish

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

海贼
hǎi zéi
  1. 1 pirate
乌
Wū
  1. 1 abbr. for Ukraine 烏克蘭|乌克兰[Wū kè lán]
  2. 2 surname Wu
乌云
wū yún
  1. 1 black cloud
乌鲁木齐
Wū lǔ mù qí
  1. 1 Ürümqi or Urumqi prefecture level city and capital of Xinjiang Uighur autonomous region 新疆維吾爾自治區|新疆维吾尔自治区 in west China
乌鸦
wū yā
  1. 1 crow
  2. 2 raven
乌龙
wū lóng
  1. 1 black dragon
  2. 2 unexpected mistake or mishap
  3. 3 oolong (tea)
  4. 4 udon (loanword from Japanese)
乌龙茶
wū lóng chá
  1. 1 oolong tea
乌龟
wū guī
  1. 1 tortoise
  2. 2 cuckold
贼
zéi
  1. 1 thief
  2. 2 traitor
  3. 3 wily
  4. 4 deceitful
  5. 5 evil
  6. 6 extremely
何首乌
hé shǒu wū
  1. 1 Chinese knotweed (Polygonum multiflorum)
  2. 2 fleeceflower root
化为乌有
huà wéi wū yǒu
  1. 1 to go up in smoke
  2. 2 to vanish
国贼
guó zéi
  1. 1 traitor to the nation
山贼
shān zéi
  1. 1 brigand
爱屋及乌
ài wū jí wū
  1. 1 lit. love the house and its crow (idiom); involvement with sb and everyone connected
  2. 2 Love me, love my dog.
海贼王
Hǎi zéi wáng
  1. 1 One Piece (manga and anime)
乌伦古湖
Wū lún gǔ Hú
  1. 1 Ulungur Lake in Xinjiang
乌克兰
Wū kè lán
  1. 1 Ukraine
乌冬面
wū dōng miàn
  1. 1 udon noodles
乌合之众
wū hé zhī zhòng
  1. 1 mob
乌干达
Wū gān dá
  1. 1 Uganda

Idioms (17)

上贼船
shàng zéi chuán
  1. 1 lit. to board a pirate ship (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to associate with criminals
乱臣贼子
luàn chén zéi zǐ
  1. 1 rebels and traitors (idiom)
  2. 2 general term for scoundrel
做贼心虚
zuò zéi xīn xū
  1. 1 to feel guilty as a thief (idiom); to have sth on one's conscience
天下乌鸦一般黑
tiān xià wū yā yī bān hēi
  1. 1 all crows are black (idiom)
  2. 2 evil people are bad all over the world
对着和尚骂贼秃
duì zhe hé shang mà zéi tū
  1. 1 lit. to curse a baldhead to a monk's face (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to scold sb indirectly
  3. 3 to criticize obliquely
爱屋及乌
ài wū jí wū
  1. 1 lit. love the house and its crow (idiom); involvement with sb and everyone connected
  2. 2 Love me, love my dog.
擒贼擒王
qín zéi qín wáng
  1. 1 to defeat the enemy by capturing their chief (idiom)
东兔西乌
dōng tù xī wū
  1. 1 lit. the sun setting and the moon rising (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. the passage of time
民贼独夫
mín zéi dú fū
  1. 1 tyrant and oppressor of the people (idiom); traitorous dictator
汉贼不两立
Hàn zéi bù liǎng lì
  1. 1 lit. Shu Han 蜀漢|蜀汉[Shǔ Hàn] and Cao Wei 曹魏[Cáo Wèi] cannot coexist (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. two enemies cannot live under the same sky
  3. 3 (former KMT slogan against CPC) "gentlemen and thieves cannot coexist"
乌七八糟
wū qī bā zāo
  1. 1 everything in disorder (idiom)
  2. 2 in a hideous mess
  3. 3 obscene
  4. 4 dirty
  5. 5 filthy
乌烟瘴气
wū yān zhàng qì
  1. 1 billowing smoke (idiom)
  2. 2 foul atmosphere
  3. 3 (fig.) murky atmosphere
  4. 4 in a turmoil
乌鸟私情
wū niǎo sī qíng
  1. 1 lit. the solicitude of the crow (who provides for his old parent)(idiom)
  2. 2 fig. filial piety
独夫民贼
dú fū mín zéi
  1. 1 tyrant and oppressor of the people (idiom); traitorous dictator
认贼作父
rèn zéi zuò fù
  1. 1 lit. to acknowledge the bandit as one's father (idiom); fig. a complete betrayal
  2. 2 to sell oneself to the enemy
贼眉鼠眼
zéi méi shǔ yǎn
  1. 1 shifty-eyed
  2. 2 crafty-looking (idiom)
关门捉贼
guān mén zhuō zéi
  1. 1 to catch a thief by closing his escape route (idiom)

Sample Sentences

就是长得很像乌贼的一种海鲜，比较小，常常跟葱、辣椒一起清炒。
jiùshì zhǎng de hěn xiàng wūzéi de yìzhǒng hǎixiān ，bǐjiào xiǎo ，chángcháng gēn cōng 、làjiāo yìqǐ qīngchǎo 。
They're a sea animal that resembles the cuttle fish, except they're smaller and they're often shallow fried with spring onion and hot peppers.
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你连乌贼都不知道？花枝！花枝知道了吧？就是很像烤鱿鱼的那种，鱿鱼通常比较大，再来是乌贼，就是所谓的花枝，然后是小管。
nǐ lián wūzéi dōu bù zhīdào ？huāzhī ！huāzhī zhīdao le ba ？jiùshì hěn xiàng kǎo yóuyú de nà zhǒng ，yóuyú tōngcháng bǐjiào dà ，zài lái shì wūzéi ，jiùshì suǒwèi de huāzhī ，ránhòu shì xiǎoguǎn 。
You don't even know what cuttlefish are? Cuttle! You know what cuttle is right? It looks a lot like roast squid, except the squid they use for roast squid is normally bigger, then comes cuttle fish, then comes neritic squid
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乌贼？乌贼可以吃吗？
wūzéi ？wūzéi kěyǐ chī ma ？
Cuttle fish? Can you eat cuttle fish?
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