xián​yú

salted fish

咸鱼 鹹魚 xián​yú
salted fish
fish that has been cured or preserved with salt
underdog; loser
(slang) a person with no ambition or someone in a low state, especially one seen as having no hope of success; used in the idiom 咸鱼翻身 xián​yú​fān​shēn to describe a sudden change of fortune

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Movie subtitles
0.660 per million appears in 0% of films
Written text
1.41 per million

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