fù

鲋

Character · NounTraditional鮒

crucian carp; metaphor for something in desperate need

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Meanings

1 sense · 2 examples
1.

noun

crucian carp (as described in ancient texts)

archaic

An archaic literary term. Modern Chinese commonly uses '鲫鱼' (jì yú).

Gǔ古
shū书
jì记
zǎi载
 ，
fù鲋
yú鱼
wèi味
měi美
 。

Ancient texts record that crucian carp is delicious.

Hé涸
zhé辙
zhī之
fù鲋
 ，
xiāng相
rú濡
yǐ以
mò沫
 。

The fish in the dry rut moisten each other with their saliva (i.e., people in desperate need help each other).