魚遊釜中
yú​yóu​fǔ​zhōng

fish swimming in a pot

  • created sense approved 鱼游釜中/魚遊釜中 · yú​yóu​fǔ​zhōng · fish swimming in a pot — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    鱼游釜中 / 魚遊釜中

    yú​yóu​fǔ​zhōng

    fish swimming in a pot

    A fish swimming in a cooking pot; a metaphor for being in a desperate situation with death or disaster imminent.

    魚游釜中

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

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

    created sense