xián​yú

salted fish

Senses

咸鱼/ 鹹魚 xián​yú salted fish

fish that has been cured or preserved with salt

咸鱼/ 鹹魚 xián​yú 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

References

classifier 咸鱼/鹹魚 条/條