沙丁鱼 shādīngyú sardine Definitions Defs Origin Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents 沙丁鱼 沙丁魚 shādīngyú sardine noun A small edible fish often found in the ocean and commonly used for canning; a loanword from the English word "sardine" 虽然沙丁鱼寿命只有几年,但它们繁殖很快。 suīrán shādīngyú shòumìng zhǐyǒu jǐnián, dàn tāmen fánzhí hěn kuài. Though sardines only live a few years, they reproduce rapidly. packed like sardines Used metaphorically to describe people packed together in a confined space (e.g., on a bus) Show rare definitions Hide rare definitions Frequency Movie subtitles 1.10 per million appears in 1% of films Written text 0.711 per million Cross-References Classifier 条 tiáoSame as 鳁 wēn Sources Frequency data SUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)
沙丁鱼 沙丁魚 shādīngyú sardine noun A small edible fish often found in the ocean and commonly used for canning; a loanword from the English word "sardine" 虽然沙丁鱼寿命只有几年,但它们繁殖很快。 suīrán shādīngyú shòumìng zhǐyǒu jǐnián, dàn tāmen fánzhí hěn kuài. Though sardines only live a few years, they reproduce rapidly. packed like sardines Used metaphorically to describe people packed together in a confined space (e.g., on a bus) Show rare definitions Hide rare definitions Frequency Movie subtitles 1.10 per million appears in 1% of films Written text 0.711 per million Cross-References Classifier 条 tiáoSame as 鳁 wēn Sources Frequency data SUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)