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鱼 yú 名 1. A type of vertebrate animal that lives in water, typically has scales and fins, breathes through gills, and is cold-blooded: e.g., fish shrimp, fish worms, fish nets, fish leaps, fish in succession (swimming one after another), fish messages (letters, information), fish and rice township, fish tail patterns, blending pearl with fish eye, superficial dragon patterns (metaphor for appearances being misleading). 2. A surname. 鱼 yú 名 1. A vertebrate animal that is entirely aquatic and breathes underwater, including jawless fish, bony fish, and higher vertebrates with cartilaginous or bony skeletons (English: fish) - 引例: - "说文": Fish refers to water insects. Its shape resembles that of a fish's tail. - "易·中孚": Dolphin fish is auspicious. - "论衡·指瑞": Fish wood essence. - "仪礼·特牲礼": Fifteen fish. - "诗·邶风·新台": Setting of fish nets. - "礼记·曲礼": Fresh fish is called Zhu. - "吕氏春秋": Fish on ice, otters offer fish. - "史记·周本记": A white fish leaps into the king’s boat. - 例: - e.g., fish crown (a pointed hat worn by female priests resembling fish bones), fish scale register (short for the register of fish scale), fish crumbled (broken into small pieces like fish scales), fish decorated vehicles (a type of vehicle decorated with fish skin for noble ladies), fish sashimi (finely sliced fish, especially raw), fish market (market for wholesale fish), fish quality dragon pattern (something that appears like a dragon but is actually fish, metaphor for being superficial), fish and rice (referring to both fish and rice grains), fish seedlings (slightly larger fish than fry), fish elegance (describing a dignified appearance, as fish swim in single file). 2. Aquatic animals that resemble fish (English: aquatic animal resembling a fish) - 引例: - "文选·王融·三月三日曲水诗序": Fish armor gathers smoke, shell armor is scattered like stars. - 例: - e.g., fish armor (sharkskin armor), fish whiskers (shark whiskers), whale, crocodile, turtle, salamander fish. 3. A horse with white eyes (English: horse with white eyes). 4. In Traditional Chinese Medicine, a specific acupoint name referring to a noticeable muscle bulge at the base of the thumb (or big toe), resembling a fish belly (English: fish). - 引例: - "灵枢经": The great abyss has a depression an inch behind the fish, which is the acupoint. 5. A copper fish tally used in the Tang Dynasty (English: copper-fish tally). - 例: - e.g., fish contract (fish-shaped tally), fish token (meaning the same as fish contract). 6. An ancient wooden letter shaped like a fish (English: wooden-fish box). - 例: - e.g., fish correspondence (letters), fish book (letters), fish sink and wild goose distant (metaphor for losing contact), fish intestine rule (referring to letters), fish swan (referring to a messenger), fish scroll (letters), fish seal (letters). 7. A surname. 鱼 yú 动 An ancient character for "渔". To catch fish (English: fish). - 引例: - "易·系辞下": To lease and to fish. - "左传·隐公五年": The duke's intention was to examine fish at Tang. - "宋·孔武仲《自实丰仓归》": To cast away an office like dung, good to follow the fish boat in between. - 例: - e.g., fish net (fishing net), fish household (fishing family), fish boat (a boat for fishing), fish rod (fishing), fish lance (a stick used to scare fish into nets), fish ship (fishing boat, also known as "fish ferry"), fish cage (bamboo cage for fishing).