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釜底游鱼

fǔ dǐ yóu yú

4-character word Traditional 釜底游魚

What 釜底游鱼 means

1. a fish at the bottom of the pot (idiom)
2. in a desperate situation

The characters in 釜底游鱼

• 釜fǔkettle; cauldron
• 底dǐbottom; base; background; foundation; copy (of a manuscript or receipt etc) kept as a…
• 游yóuto swim; variant of 游
• 鱼yúfish; used in the names of various aquatic animals that are not fish (including abalone 鲍鱼

Example sentences

• 釜底游鱼。
  Fǔdǐyóuyú.
  A fish out of water.