轍鮒
chè​fù

fish in a dry rut

  • created sense approved 辙鲋/轍鮒 · chè​fù · fish in a dry rut — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    辙鲋 / 轍鮒

    chè​fù

    fish in a dry rut

    (literary) a crucian carp trapped in a dry wheel rut, used to describe a person in desperate straits and in urgent need of help; originally from the "External Things" chapter of [[庄子|莊子|zhuang1 zi3]]

    zhé​fù

    辙 (literal) → 辙/轍 · zhé · rut 鲋 (literal) → 鲋/鮒 · fù · crucian carp

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

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