鱿鱼
yóu yú
Pinyin

Definition

鱿鱼
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yóu yú
  1. squid

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
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)
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
钓鱼
diào yú
  1. 1 to fish (with line and hook)
  2. 2 to dupe
钓鱼岛
Diào yú Dǎo
  1. 1 Senkaku Islands (administered by Japan as part of Okinawa prefecture)
  2. 2 Diaoyu Islands
  3. 3 Pinnacle Islands
钓鱼台
Diào yú tái
  1. 1 Diaoyu Islands, located between Taiwan and Okinawa, controlled by Japan – which calls them the Senkaku Islands – but claimed by China as part of its territory

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
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
缘木求鱼
yuán mù qiú yú
  1. 1 lit. climb a tree to catch a fish (idiom); fig. to attempt the impossible

Sample Sentences

鱿鱼丝
yóuyúsī
dried squid; squid jerky
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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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唉，是啊。这个月已经请了五天假了。再请假，大概要被炒鱿鱼了。
ài ，shì a 。zhè ge yuè yǐjīng qǐng le wǔtiān jià le 。zài qǐngjià ，dàgài yào bèi chǎoyóuyú le 。
Hmm, yeah. I've already taken five days off this month. If I get any more days off, I'll probably get fired.
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别在上班的时候玩游戏，小心被老板炒鱿鱼。
bié zài shàngbān de shíhou wán yóuxì ，xiǎoxīn bèi lǎobǎn chǎo yóuyú 。
Don't play games at work. Be careful the boss doesn't fire you.
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他被炒鱿鱼了。
tā bèi chǎo yóuyú le 。
He got fired.
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炒鱿鱼
chǎo yóuyú
to fire someone, to get fired
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朱丽叶，好啊，你敢炒我鱿鱼！
Zhūlìyè ，hǎoā ，nǐ gǎn chǎo wǒ yóuyú ！
OK, Zhu Liye. You dare to fire ME!
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肯定够。你看，我带了你最喜欢的鸡翅、羊肉串和鱿鱼串。对了，烧烤前别忘了铺一层锡纸。
kěndìng gòu 。nǐ kàn ，wǒ dài le nǐ zuì xǐhuan de jīchì 、yángròuchuàn hé yóuyúchuàn 。duìle ，shāokǎo qián bié wàng le pū yī céng xīzhǐ 。
We definitely have enough. Look, I brought your favorites: chicken wings, mutton skewers and squid skewers. Oh, before you barbecue don’t forget to lay down a layer of tin foil.
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啊，你是说，我被炒鱿鱼了？！
ǎ ，nǐ shì shuō ，wǒ bèi chǎo yóuyú le ？！
Huh? Are you saying...I've been fired?!
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