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鲱鱼

fēi yú

2-character word Traditional 鯡魚

What 鲱鱼 means

1. herring

The characters in 鲱鱼

• 鲱fēiPacific herring
• 鱼yúfish; used in the names of various aquatic animals that are not fish (including abalone 鲍鱼

Example sentences

• 丢鲱鱼抓鲸鱼。
  Diū fēiyú zhuā jīngyú.
  Throw a sprat to catch a whale.
• 汤姆讨厌鲱鱼味。
  Tom hates the smell of herring.
• 今天早饭我吃了些腌鲱鱼。
  Jīntiān zǎofàn wǒ chī le xiē yān fēiyú.
  Today I had some kipper for breakfast.

Sounds the same

Read fēi yú, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 飞鱼flying fish