鱼
fish / CL:條|条[tiao2],尾[wei3]
鱼
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⺈
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田
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一
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Yu the Great set up a small rice field just inside the entrance of the space station, and there are some fish swimming in the rice field. The space station's crane spotted them and wants to snap one out of the rice field, but just as he was about to snatch one of them, Yu the Great hit him with a flute.
鱼 character breakdown
one / single / a (article) / as soon as / entire; whole; all; throughout / "one" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 1) / also pr. [yao1] for greater clarity when spelling out numbers digit by digit
Maud Younger (y) forgot her keys to the space station (Ø1), all she brought outside was her flute (一). She has no choice but to crash the door with the giant flute.
Character component without intrinsic meaning
I think this looks like a crane; to the left is its wing, and to the right its head.
Characters with 鱼 as component
fry (newly hatched fish) / legendary giant fish that could transform into a giant bird 鵬|鹏[Peng2]
Words with 鱼
lit. to fish for three days and sun-dry the nets for two days (proverb) / fig. not to persevere in doing sth / to do sth by fits and starts
lit. either the fish dies or the net gets torn (idiom) / fig. it's a life-and-death struggle / it's either him or me
lit. to be the meat on sb's chopping block (idiom) / fig. to be at sb's mercy
lit. sitting at ease in a fishing boat despite wind and storm (idiom); to stay calm during tense situation / a cool head in a crisis
lit. to sit tight on the fishing terrace despite the storm (idiom) / fig. to stay calm in a tense situation
Sentences with 鱼
鱼 currently does not appear in any sentence.