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釜中之鱼
fǔ​zhōng​zhī​yú

a fish in a cauldron

Definitions Defs Origin Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents
釜中之鱼 釜中之魚 fǔ​zhōng​zhī​yú
a fish in a cauldron
Used to describe someone in a desperate situation with no hope of escape; refers to a fish being cooked in a pot

Frequency

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0.003 per million

Cross-References

Same as

  • 釜底游鱼 fǔ​dǐ​yóu​yú

Sources

Frequency data
BCC Corpus (BLCU)