涸轍之魚
hé​zhé​zhī​yú

person in a desperate situation

  • created reference approved 涸辙之鱼/涸轍之魚 → 涸辙之鲋/涸轍之鮒 (see) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    涸辙之鱼 / 涸轍之魚 hé​zhé​zhī​yú

    涸辙之鲋 / 涸轍之鮒 hé​zhé​zhī​fù

    see

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

    created reference

  • created sense approved 涸辙之鱼/涸轍之魚 · hé​zhé​zhī​yú · person in a desperate situation — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    涸辙之鱼 / 涸轍之魚

    hé​zhé​zhī​yú

    person in a desperate situation

    a person or thing in a dire situation who is in urgent need of help; literally, a fish in a dry rut

    hé​chè​zhī​yú

    涸 (literal) → 涸 · hé · to dry up 辙 (literal) → 辙/轍 · zhé · rut 之 (literal) → 之 · zhī · [possessive] 鱼 (literal) → 鱼/魚 · yú · fish

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

    created sense