gǔ

䍡

Character · NounTraditional罟

fishing net

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Meanings

1 sense · 2 examples

noun

archaic

A literary or classical term for a fishing net, now rarely used in modern spoken language.

Gǔ古

rén人

cháng常

yòng用

gǔ罟

zài在

hé河

zhōng中

bǔ捕

yú鱼

。

The ancients often used fishing nets to catch fish in rivers.

Shī诗

jù句

zhōng中

tí提

dào到

le了

‘‘

yú鱼

yuè跃

yú于

gǔ罟

’

。

The poetic line mentions 'fish leaping in the net.'