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钓鱼

diào yú

HSK 3.0 level 6 2-character word Traditional 釣魚

钓鱼 (diào yú) means "to fish (with line and hook); to dupe". It is an HSK 3.0 level 6 word, and was not on the old six-level HSK list.

What 钓鱼 means

1. to fish (with line and hook); to angle
2. (fig.) to entrap
3. Taiwanto repeatedly nod one's head while dozing

The characters in 钓鱼

• 钓diàoto fish with a hook and line; to angle
• 鱼yúfish; used in the names of various aquatic animals that are not fish (including abalone 鲍鱼

Example sentences

• 他喜欢钓鱼。
  He likes fishing.
• 他酷爱钓鱼。
  He is fond of fishing.
• 他们会钓鱼。
  They can fish.
• 她酷爱钓鱼。
  She loves to fish.
• 钓鱼怎么样？
  How was the fishing?
• 我想去钓鱼。
  I wanted to go fishing.

Words starting with 钓鱼

• 钓鱼岛Diào yú DǎoDiaoyu Islands, claimed by China but controlled by Japan as the Senkaku Islands, also…
• 钓鱼台Diào yú táiDiaoyu Islands, located between Taiwan and Okinawa, controlled by Japan – which calls…
• 钓鱼杆diào yú gānfishing rod
• 钓鱼者diào yú zhěangler
• 钓鱼执法diào yú zhí fǎ(law) entrapment
• 钓鱼式攻击diào yú shì gōng jī(computing) phishing attack
• 钓鱼竿diào yú gānfishing rod

Words containing 钓鱼

• 稳坐钓鱼台wěn zuò diào yú táilit. to sit tight on the fishing terrace despite the storm (idiom)…
• 任凭风浪起，稳坐钓鱼台rèn píng fēng làng qǐ , wěn zuò diào yú táilit. to sit tight on the fishing terrace despite the storm (idiom)…
• 太公钓鱼，愿者上钩tài gōng diào yú , yuàn zhě shàng gōuJiang Ziya is fishing, if you want take the hook…
• 姜太公钓鱼，愿者上钩Jiāng tài gōng diào yú , yuàn zhě shàng gōuJiang Ziya is fishing, if you want it, take the hook…

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