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摸鱼

mō yú

2-character word Traditional 摸魚

What 摸鱼 means

1. to catch fish
2. (fig.) to loaf on the job; to be slack; to take it easy

The characters in 摸鱼

• 摸mōto feel with the hand; to touch; to stroke
• 鱼yúfish; used in the names of various aquatic animals that are not fish (including abalone 鲍鱼

Words containing 摸鱼

• 浑水摸鱼hún shuǐ mō yúto fish in troubled water (idiom); to take advantage of a crisis for personal gain
• 混水摸鱼hún shuǐ mō yúvariant of 浑水摸鱼