xián​yú

salted fish

  • created reference approved 咸鱼/鹹魚 → 条/條 (classifier) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    咸鱼 / 鹹魚 xián​yú

    条 / 條 tiáo

    classifier

    Changed: source (simp), source (trad), source pinyin, target (simp), target (trad), target pinyin, type

    created reference

  • created sense approved 咸鱼/鹹魚 · xián​yú · salted fish — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    咸鱼 / 鹹魚

    xián​yú

    salted fish

    fish that has been cured or preserved with salt

    咸 (literal) → 咸/鹹 · xián · salty 鱼 (literal) → 鱼/魚 · yú · fish

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

    created sense

  • created sense approved 咸鱼/鹹魚 · xián​yú · underdog; loser — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    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|鹹魚翻身|xian2 yu2 fan1 shen1]] to describe a sudden change of fortune

    咸 (literal) → 咸/鹹 · xián · salty 鱼 (literal) → 鱼/魚 · yú · fish

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

    created sense