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[魚與熊掌] yúyǔxióngzhǎng lit. the fish and the bear's paw, you can't have both at the same time (idiom, from Mencius); fig. you must choose one or the other
you can't always get everything you want
you can't have your cake and eat it

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        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
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        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)
        
        

        yú/yǔ/yù, [與], variant of 歟|欤[yú], and/to give/together with, to take part in
        cānyù, [參與], to participate (in sth)
        yǔzhòngbùtóng, [與眾不同], to stand out from the masses (idiom)
        yǔcǐtóngshí, [與此同時], at the same time/meanwhile
        yǔfǒu, [與否], whether or not (at the end of a phrase)
        wúyǔlúnbǐ, [無與倫比], incomparable
        yǔshìgéjué, [與世隔絕], to be cut off from the rest of the world (idiom)
        
        cānyùzhě, [參與者], participant
        shìyǔyuànwéi, [事與願違], things turn out contrary to the way one wishes (idiom)
        zèngyǔ, [贈與], variant of 贈予|赠予[zèng yǔ]
        yǔqí, [與其], rather than.../與其|与其[yǔ qí] A 不如[bù rú] B (rather than A, better to B)
        yǔrìjùzēng, [與日俱增], to increase steadily/to grow with each passing day
        yǔrénwéishàn, [與人為善], to be of service to others/to help others/benevolent
        
        yǔshìwúzhēng, [與世無爭], to stand aloof from worldly affairs
        yùhuì, [與會], to participate in a meeting
        róngrǔyǔgòng, [榮辱與共], (of friends or partners) to share both the honor and the disgrace (idiom)
        
        
        
        
        yǔshìchángcí, [與世長辭], to die/to depart from the world forever
        
        
        

        Xióng/xióng, surname Xiong, bear/(coll.) to scold/to rebuke/(coll.) weak/incapable
        xióngmāo, [熊貓], panda/CL:隻|只[zhī]
        huànxióng, raccoon (Procyon lotor)
        xióngxióng, raging/flaming
        běijíxióng, [北極熊], polar bear
        gǒuxióng, black bear/coward
        
        
        xióngzhǎng, bear paw (as food)
        hēixióng, Asiatic black bear (Ursus thibetanus)
        zōngxióng, brown bear
        
        dàxióngmāo, [大熊貓], giant panda (Ailuropoda melanoleuca)
        xiǎoxióngmāo, [小熊貓], lesser panda/red panda/firefox
        xióngshì, bear market
        Dàxióngzuò, Ursa Major, the Great Bear (constellation)
        báixióng, polar bear/white bear
        
        
        
        
        
        
        Xiǎoxióngzuò, Ursa Minor (constellation)
        
        māoxióng, [貓熊], see 熊貓|熊猫[xióng māo]
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
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        zhǎngwò, to grasp (often fig.)/to control/to seize (initiative, opportunity, destiny)/to ...
        zhǎng, palm of the hand/sole of the foot/paw/horseshoe/to slap/to hold in one's hand/to...
        gǔzhǎng, to applaud/to clap
        zhǎngshēng, [掌聲], applause/CL:陣|阵[zhèn]
        zhǎngguǎn, in charge of/to control
        liǎorúzhǐzhǎng, [瞭如指掌], to know sth like the back of one's hand (idiom)/to know (a person, a place etc) ...
        bāzhang, palm of the hand/classifier: slap
        shǒuzhǎng, palm
        jīzhǎng, [擊掌], to clap one's hands/to clap each other's hands/high five
        zhǎngquán, [掌權], to wield (political etc) power/be in power
        xiānrénzhǎng, cactus
        yìrúfǎnzhǎng, easy as a hand's turn (idiom); very easy/no effort at all
        zhǎngduò, to steer (a ship)
        zhǎngxīn, hollow of the palm
        shǒuzhǎngxīn, see 手心[shǒu xīn]
        xióngzhǎng, bear paw (as food)
        zhízhǎng, [執掌], to wield (power etc)
        
        mózhǎng, the power of sb or sth evil/the clutches (of a bad person etc)
        jiǎozhǎng, [腳掌], the sole of the foot
        zhǎnggǔ, metacarpal bone (long bones in the hand and feet)
        zhǎngshàngmíngzhū, lit. a pearl in the palm (idiom)/fig. beloved person (esp. daughter)
        
        móquáncāzhǎng, fig. to rub one's fists and wipe one's palms (idiom)/to roll up one's sleeves fo...
        
        zhǎngzuǐ, to slap
        
        zhǎngshēngléidòng, [掌聲雷動], thunderous applause (idiom)
        
        
        gūzhǎngnánmíng, [孤掌難鳴], It's hard to clap with only one hand./It takes two to tango/It's difficult to ac...
        zhǎngsháo, to be in charge of the cooking/to be the chef/head cook/chef
        
        zhǎngguì, [掌櫃], shopkeeper
        
        

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