fǔ​zhōng​yú

fish in a pot

  • created reference approved 釜中鱼/釜中魚 → 尾 (classifier) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    釜中鱼 / 釜中魚 fǔ​zhōng​yú

    尾 wěi

    classifier

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

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  • created reference approved 釜中鱼/釜中魚 → 俎上肉 (synonym) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    釜中鱼 / 釜中魚 fǔ​zhōng​yú

    俎上肉 zǔ​shàng​ròu

    synonym

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

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  • created sense approved 釜中鱼/釜中魚 · fǔ​zhōng​yú · fish in a pot — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    釜中鱼 / 釜中魚

    fǔ​zhōng​yú

    fish in a pot

    A fish in a boiling pot; describes a person in a desperate situation with no hope of escape.

    釜 (literal) → 釜 · fǔ · cauldron 中 (literal) → 中 · zhōng · middle 鱼 (literal) → 鱼/魚 · yú · fish

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

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