In the oracle bone inscription, the character "鱼" is the image of a fish upstanding, with the head upwards and the tail downwards, It has head, body, scale and fins. Later the pattern on the fish body turned to be strokes, and the tail became four dots. The simplified version of the character "鱼" is even changed the four dots into a horizontal line. As "鱼" is homophonous with "余(yú)", which means prosperity. So in the family reunion dinner on the Spring Festival's Eve, fish is one of the dishes to represent abundance.
字义:
fish
组词:
鱼刺:yúcì/fishbone
鱼竿:yúgān/fishing rod
钓鱼:diàoyú/fishing
鱼子酱:yúzǐjiàng/caviar
鱼龙混杂:yú lóng hùn zá/dragons and fishes jumbled together. i.e. good and bad people mixed up.
如鱼得水:rú yú dé shuǐ/feel just like dish in water
例句:
1、今天我和爸爸去钓鱼了。 Jīntiān wǒ hé bàba qù diàoyú le. I went fishing with Dad today.
2、他吃不起鱼子酱。 Tā chībùqǐ yúzǐjiàng. He could not afford caviar.
3、我爱北京,因为我在这里如鱼得水。 Wǒ ài Běijīng, yīnwéi wǒ zài zhèlǐ rú yú dé shuǐ. I love Beijing because I live here just like a fish in water.