钓鱼
diào yú
Pinyin

Definition

钓鱼
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diào yú
  1. to fish (with line and hook)
  2. to dupe

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

捕鱼
bǔ yú
  1. 1 to catch fish
  2. 2 to fish
鱼
Yú
  1. 1 surname Yu
三文鱼
sān wén yú
  1. 1 salmon (loanword)
人鱼
rén yú
  1. 1 mermaid
  2. 2 dugong
  3. 3 sea cow
  4. 4 manatee
  5. 5 giant salamander
垂钓
chuí diào
  1. 1 angling
墨鱼
mò yú
  1. 1 cuttlefish
大鱼大肉
dà yú dà ròu
  1. 1 dishes with generous amounts of meat and fish
  2. 2 lavish meal
带鱼
dài yú
  1. 1 ribbonfish
  2. 2 hairtail
  3. 3 beltfish
  4. 4 cutlassfish (family Trichiuridae)
打鱼
dǎ yú
  1. 1 to fish
桂鱼
guì yú
  1. 1 mandarin fish
沉鱼落雁
chén yú luò yàn
  1. 1 lit. fish sink, goose alights (idiom, from Zhuangzi 莊子|庄子); fig. female beauty captivating even the birds and beasts
沙丁鱼
shā dīng yú
  1. 1 sardine (loanword)
沽名钓誉
gū míng diào yù
  1. 1 to angle for fame (idiom)
  2. 2 to fish for compliments
炒鱿鱼
chǎo yóu yú
  1. 1 (coll.) to fire sb
  2. 2 to sack sb
热带鱼
rè dài yú
  1. 1 tropical fish
章鱼
zhāng yú
  1. 1 octopus
草鱼
cǎo yú
  1. 1 grass carp
金枪鱼
jīn qiāng yú
  1. 1 tuna
金鱼
jīn yú
  1. 1 goldfish
钓
diào
  1. 1 to fish with a hook and bait

Idioms (20)

不是鱼死就是网破
bù shì yú sǐ jiù shì wǎng pò
  1. 1 lit. either the fish dies or the net gets torn (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. it's a life-and-death struggle
  3. 3 it's either him or me
人为刀俎，我为鱼肉
rén wéi dāo zǔ , wǒ wéi yú ròu
  1. 1 lit. to be the meat on sb's chopping block (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to be at sb's mercy
任凭风浪起，稳坐钓鱼台
rèn píng fēng làng qǐ , wěn zuò diào yú tái
  1. 1 lit. sitting at ease in a fishing boat despite wind and storm (idiom); to stay calm during tense situation
  2. 2 a cool head in a crisis
城门失火，殃及池鱼
chéng mén shī huǒ , yāng jí chí yú
  1. 1 a fire in the city gates is also a calamity for the fish in the moat (idiom); the bystander will also suffer
  2. 2 fig. you can't escape responsibility for your actions
  3. 3 ask not for whom the bell tolls - it tolls for thee
太公钓鱼，愿者上钩
tài gōng diào yú , yuàn zhě shàng gōu
  1. 1 Jiang Ziya is fishing, if you want take the hook (idiom, refers to early sage 姜子牙 fishing with no bait and the hook above the water); to put one's head in the noose
如鱼得水
rú yú dé shuǐ
  1. 1 like a fish back in water (idiom); glad to be back in one's proper surroundings
姜太公钓鱼，愿者上钩
Jiāng tài gōng diào yú , yuàn zhě shàng gōu
  1. 1 Jiang Ziya is fishing, if you want it, take the hook (idiom, refers to early sage 姜子牙 fishing with no bait and the hook above the water); to put one's head in the noose
守株待兔，缘木求鱼
shǒu zhū dài tù , yuán mù qiú yú
  1. 1 to guard a tree-stump, waiting for rabbits, and climb a tree to catch fish (idiom); without any practical course of action
得鱼忘筌
dé yú wàng quán
  1. 1 lit. catch fish then forget the trap (idiom, from Zhuangzi 莊子|庄子); fig. to take help for granted
授之以鱼不如授之以渔
shòu zhī yǐ yú bù rú shòu zhī yǐ yú
  1. 1 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)
放长线钓大鱼
fàng cháng xiàn diào dà yú
  1. 1 use a long line to catch a big fish (idiom); a long-term plan for major returns
水清无鱼
shuǐ qīng wú yú
  1. 1 lit. water that is too clean holds no fish (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. one who is too severe has no friends
水至清则无鱼，人至察则无徒
shuǐ zhì qīng zé wú yú , rén zhì chá zé wú tú
  1. 1 water that is too clear has no fish, and one who is too severe has no friends (idiom)
沉鱼落雁
chén yú luò yàn
  1. 1 lit. fish sink, goose alights (idiom, from Zhuangzi 莊子|庄子); fig. female beauty captivating even the birds and beasts
沽名钓誉
gū míng diào yù
  1. 1 to angle for fame (idiom)
  2. 2 to fish for compliments
混水摸鱼
hún shuǐ mō yú
  1. 1 to fish in troubled water (idiom); to take advantage of a crisis for personal gain
  2. 2 also written 渾水摸魚|浑水摸鱼
浑水摸鱼
hún shuǐ mō yú
  1. 1 to fish in troubled water (idiom); to take advantage of a crisis for personal gain
漏网之鱼
lòu wǎng zhī yú
  1. 1 a fish that escaped the net (idiom)
  2. 2 (fig.) sb or sth that slips through the net
濯锦以鱼
zhuó jǐn yǐ yú
  1. 1 to make the ugly beautiful (idiom)
稳坐钓鱼台
wěn zuò diào yú tái
  1. 1 lit. sitting at ease in a fishing boat despite storms (idiom); to stay calm during tense situation
  2. 2 a cool head in a crisis

Sample Sentences

有一次几个城里人来店里吃饭。吃完以后，就让我带他们去河里钓鱼捉螃蟹，去看油菜花，说是这些东西城里没有，玩得可开心了。
yǒuyīcì jǐ ge chénglǐrén lái diàn lǐ chīfàn 。chīwán yǐhòu ，jiù ràng wǒ dài tāmen qù hé lǐ diàoyú zhuō pángxiè ，qù kàn yóucàihuā ，shuō shì zhèxiē dōngxi chénglǐ méiyǒu ，wán de kě kāixīn le 。
One time some people from the city came to the restaurant to eat. After eating, they asked me to take them to the river to go fishing and catch crabs, and to go look at the rapeseed flowers. They said they don't have these things in the city and they had a really great time.
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也许吧。不过也有可能是在钓鱼，就看哪个凯子会上钩。
yěxǔ ba 。bùguò yě yǒu kěnéng shì zài diàoyú ，jiù kàn nǎge kǎizi huì shànggōu 。
Probably. But she also might be "fishing", just waiting to see which rich guy she can hook.
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嘘！钓鱼的时候要安静，你一说话，鱼就跑了。
xū ！diàoyú de shíhou yào ānjìng ，nǐ yī shuōhuà ，yú jiù pǎo le 。
Shhh! When you're fishing, you need to be quiet. As soon as you talk, the fish run away.
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钓鱼？好！
diàoyú ？hǎo ！
Go fishing? Great!
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小宝，乖，别哭了。爷爷带你去河边钓鱼，好不好？
Xiǎo Bǎo ，guāi ，bié kū le 。yéye dài nǐ qù hébiān diàoyú ，hǎo bu hǎo ？
Darling, be good, don't cry. Grandpa will take you fishing--how does that sound?
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