yóng

喁

Character · Verb

fish gasping at surface

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Meanings

1 sense · 2 examples
1.

verb

fish mouths opening upward to breathe, breaking the water surface

literary

Literary term describing fish gasping for air at the surface of water, often due to lack of oxygen.

Chí池
zhōng中
yú鱼
ér儿
yóng喁
yóng喁
chū出
shuǐ水
 ，
sì似
zài在
qiú求
shí食
 。

The fish in the pond were gasping at the surface, as if seeking food.

Jiǔ久
hàn旱
bù不
yǔ雨
 ，
hé河
zhōng中
de的
yú鱼
jiē皆
yóng喁
yú于
shuǐ水
miàn面
 。

After a long drought without rain, the fish in the river were all gasping at the surface.