HSK东西 Scripts Advanced Search Radicals [collapse definitions]
[魚沉雁杳] yúchényànyǎo lit. the fish sinks, the goose vanishes into the distance (idiom); a letter does not arrive
lost in transmission

Character Composition

Character Compounds

Word Compounds


        Yú/yú, [魚], surname Yu, fish/CL:條|条[tiáo],尾[wěi]
        shāyú, [鯊魚], shark
        diàoyú, [釣魚], to fish (with line and hook)/to dupe
        èyú, [鱷魚], alligator/crocodile
        jīnqiāngyú, [金槍魚], tuna
        jīngyú, [鯨魚], whale/CL:條|条[tiáo]
鱿         yóuyú, [魷魚], squid
        
鱿         chǎoyóuyú, [炒魷魚], (coll.) to fire sb/to sack sb
        měirényú, [美人魚], mermaid
        zhāngyú, [章魚], octopus
        guīyú, [鮭魚], salmon/trout
        jīnyú, [金魚], goldfish
        yúzǐjiàng, [魚子醬], caviar
        yúléi, [魚雷], torpedo
        bǔyú, [捕魚], to catch fish/to fish
        
        yúgāng, [魚缸], fish tank/fishbowl/aquarium
        yúlèi, [魚類], fishes
        zháyú, [炸魚], deep-fried fish
        yúěr, [魚餌], fish bait
        zūnyú, [鱒魚], trout
        
        rúyúdéshuǐ, [如魚得水], like a fish back in water (idiom); glad to be back in one's proper surroundings
        shādīngyú, [沙丁魚], sardine (loanword)
        yúchā, [魚叉], harpoon
        niányú, [鯰魚], catfish
        bǐmùyú, [比目魚], flatfish/flounder
        xuěyú, [鱈魚], cod
        mányú, [鰻魚], eel
        lǐyú, [鯉魚], carp
        Shuāngyú, [雙魚], Pisces (star sign)
        Fēiyú/fēiyú, [飛魚], Exocet (missile), flying fish
        shēngyúpiàn, [生魚片], sashimi
竿         yúgān, [魚竿], fishing rod
        rényú, [人魚], mermaid/dugong/sea cow/manatee/giant salamander
        fèngwěiyú, [鳳尾魚], anchovy
        fēiyú, [鯡魚], herring
        lúyú, [鱸魚], bass/perch
        yúgōu, [魚鉤], fishhook
        dàmǎhǎyú, [大馬哈魚], chum salmon
        xiányú, [鹹魚], salted fish
        yúwǎng, [魚網], variant of 漁網|渔网[yú wǎng]
        
        yúpiàn, [魚片], fish fillet/slice of fish meat
        bàoyú, [鮑魚], abalone
        suōyú, [梭魚], barracuda
        mòyú, [墨魚], cuttlefish
        yúchì, [魚翅], shark fin
        yúlín, [魚鱗], fish scales
        Yúchí/yúchí, [魚池], Yuchi or Yuchih township in Nantou county 南投縣|南投县[Nán tóu xiàn], central Taiwan,...
        
        rèdàiyú, [熱帶魚], tropical fish
        suōziyú, [梭子魚], barracuda
        húnshuǐmōyú, [渾水摸魚], to fish in troubled water (idiom); to take advantage of a crisis for personal ga...
        
        
        yúwěiwén, [魚尾紋], wrinkles of the skin/crow's feet
竿         
        dǎyú, [打魚], to fish
        qīngyú, [青魚], black carp (Mylopharyngodon piceus)/herring/mackerel
        
        
        yúcì, [魚刺], fishbone
        
        yínyú, [銀魚], oriental whitebait/slender silvery-white fish e.g. Galaxias maculatus and Salang...
        
        huángyú, [黃魚], yellow croaker (fish)
        dàmáhǎyú, [大麻哈魚], see 大馬哈魚|大马哈鱼[dà mǎ hǎ yú]
        yúzǐ, [魚子], fish eggs/roe/caviar
        
        yúqún, [魚群], shoal of fish
        
        
        yúgānyóu, [魚肝油], cod liver oil
        báiyú, [白魚], whitefish
        
        jiànyú, [箭魚], variant of 劍魚|剑鱼[jiàn yú]
        yúfěn, [魚粉], fish meal
        
        yúwěi, [魚尾], fishtail
        yúsǐwǎngpò, [魚死網破], lit. either the fish dies or the net splits/a life and death struggle (idiom)
        dànshuǐyú, [淡水魚], freshwater fish
        yúlónghùnzá, [魚龍混雜], lit. fish and dragons mixed in together (idiom); fig. crooks mixed in with the h...
        yúchóng, [魚蟲], water flea (small crustacean of genus Daphnia)
        Diàoyútái, [釣魚臺], Diaoyu Islands, located between Taiwan and Okinawa, controlled by Japan – which ...
        
        mǎjiāoyú, [馬鮫魚], Japanese Spanish mackerel (Scomberomorus niphonius)
        
        yúléitǐng, [魚雷艇], torpedo boat
        yúzhǒng, [魚種], fingerling
        shànyú, [鱔魚], eel
        mùyú, [木魚], mokugyo/wooden fish (percussion instrument)
        
        
        yúmùhùnzhū, [魚目混珠], to pass off fish eyes for pearls/to pass off fake products as genuine (idiom)
        húnshuǐmōyú, [混水摸魚], to fish in troubled water (idiom); to take advantage of a crisis for personal ga...
        
        yúmiáo, [魚苗], fry/newly hatched fish
        
        yúdùbái, [魚肚白], white (paint from dried fish guts)/marble white color of the dawn sky
        shíbānyú, [石斑魚], grouper (Portuguese: garoupa)/also called 鮨/Epinephelinae (subfamily of Serranid...
        yújù, [魚具], variant of 漁具|渔具[yú jù]
        shíyú, [鰣魚], Reeves shad (Tenualosa reevesii)
        dàiyú, [帶魚], ribbonfish/hairtail/beltfish/cutlassfish (family Trichiuridae)
        
        língyú, [鯪魚], see 鯪|鲮[líng]
        chényúluòyàn, [沉魚落雁], lit. fish sink, goose alights (idiom, from Zhuangzi 莊子|庄子); fig. female beauty c...
        
        jiǎyú, [甲魚], turtle/terrapin/Taiwan pr. [jià yú]
        jìyú, [鯽魚], Crucian carp
        fānchēyú, [翻車魚], ocean sunfish (Mola mola)
        
        yúyīng, [魚鷹], name used for many fishing birds/cormorant/osprey
        wūyú, [烏魚], gray mullet (Mugil cephalus)/snakehead fish (family Channidae)
        
        
        
        
        yúshuǐ, [魚水], fish and water (metaphor for an intimate relationship or inseparability)
        yúgǒu, [魚狗], kingfisher
        
        yúgǔ, [魚鼓], percussion instrument in the form of a bamboo fish (traditionally used by Daoist...
        ruǎngǔyú, [軟骨魚], cartilaginous fish (such as sharks)
        
        

        chénmò, taciturn/uncommunicative/silent
        chēn/chén, see 黑沉沉[hēi chēn chēn], to submerge/to immerse/to sink/to keep down/to lower/to ...
        chénzhòng, heavy/hard/serious/critical
        chénmí, to be engrossed/to be absorbed with/to lose oneself in/to be addicted to
        chénjìn, to soak/to permeate/to immerse
        xiāochén, depressed/bad mood/low spirit
        chénshuì, to be fast asleep/(fig.) to lie dormant/to lie undiscovered
        chénmò, [沉沒], to sink
        chénnì, to indulge in/to wallow/absorbed in/deeply engrossed/addicted
        chénzuì, to become intoxicated
        chénmèn, [沉悶], oppressive (of weather)/heavy/depressed/not happy/(of sound) dull/muffled
        chénsī, to contemplate/to ponder/contemplation/meditation
        xiàchén, to sink down
        chénchuán, shipwreck/sunken boat/sinking ship
        chénzhuó, [沉著], steady/calm and collected/not nervous
        chénlún, [沉淪], to sink into (vice, depravity etc)/to pass into oblivion/downfall/passing
        shēnchén, deep/profound/(of a person) reserved/undemonstrative/(of a voice, sound etc) dee...
        yīnchén, [陰沉], gloomy
        dīchén, overcast/gloomy/downcast/deep and low (of sound)/muffled
        sǐqìchénchén, [死氣沉沉], dead atmosphere/lifeless/spiritless
        chénjì, silence/stillness
        chénmòguǎyán, habitually silent (idiom)/reticent/uncommunicative
        jīchén, [擊沉], to attack and sink (a ship)
        chéntòng, grief/remorse/deep in sorrow/bitter (anguish)/profound (condolences)
        chénjìng, [沉靜], peaceful/quiet/calm/gentle
        chénwěn, [沉穩], steady/calm/unflustered
        chénjī, [沉積], sediment/deposit/sedimentation (geology)
        chénzhùqì, [沉住氣], to keep cool/to stay calm
        hūnhūnchénchén, dizzy
        chénfú, lit. sinking and floating/to bob up and down on water/ebb and flow/fig. rise and...
        chéndiàn, [沉澱], to settle/to precipitate (solid sediment out of a solution)
        yīnchénchén, [陰沉沉], dark (weather, mood)
        chénjīwù, [沉積物], sediment
        chénjiàng, to subside/to cave in/subsidence
        chénchén, deeply/heavily
        chénmiǎn, deeply immersed/fig. wallowing in/deeply engrossed in
        pòfǔchénzhōu, lit. to break the cauldrons and sink the boats (idiom); fig. to cut off one's me...
        
        chéndiànwù, [沉澱物], precipitate/solid sediment
        
        
        hūnchén, murky/dazed/befuddled/dizzy
        chéndiàndiàn, heavy
        chénjīyán, [沉積岩], sedimentary rock (geology)
        fúchén, ups and downs (of life etc)/to drift along/to sink and emerge
        xuèchén, erythrocyte sedimentation rate (ESR)
        chényín, to mutter to oneself irresolutely
        
        hēichēnchēn, pitch-black
        
        chényúluòyàn, [沉魚落雁], lit. fish sink, goose alights (idiom, from Zhuangzi 莊子|庄子); fig. female beauty c...
        
        chénxiàn, subsidence/caving in/fig. stranded/lost (in contemplation, daydreams etc)
        chénxiāng, Chinese eaglewood/agarwood tree (Aquilaria agallocha)/lignum aloes
        
        shíchéndàhǎi, lit. to throw a stone and see it sink without trace in the sea (idiom)/fig. to e...

        yàn, [鴈], wild goose, variant of 雁[yàn]
        dàyàn, wild goose/CL:隻|只[zhī]
        chényúluòyàn, [沉魚落雁], lit. fish sink, goose alights (idiom, from Zhuangzi 莊子|庄子); fig. female beauty c...
        xuěyàn, (bird species of China) snow goose (Anser caerulescens)
鸿         
        
        

        
        yǎowúyīnxìn, [杳無音信], to have no news whatever
        yǎo, dark and quiet/disappear

Look up 鱼沉雁杳 in other dictionaries

Page generated in 0.022883 seconds

If you find this site useful, let me know!