釜底游鱼 — Chinese idiom
釜底游鱼
fǔ dǐ yóu yú
Traditional: 釜底游魚
Meaning
- a fish at the bottom of the pot
- in a desperate situation
Character by character
- 釜fǔcauldron, kettle, pot
- 底dǐbottom, underside; below, underneath
- 游yóuto wander, to travel, to tour, to roam
- 鱼yúfish
Idioms sharing a character
- 破釜沉舟 pò fǔ chén zhōu
- 井底之蛙 jǐng dǐ zhī wā
- 刨根问底 páo gēn wèn dǐ
- 寻根问底 xún gēn wèn dǐ
- 归根究底 guī gēn jiū dǐ
- 盘根问底 pán gēn wèn dǐ
- 盘根究底 pán gēn jiū dǐ
- 询根问底 xún gēn wèn dǐ
- 跌至谷底 diē zhì gǔ dǐ
- 追根问底 zhuī gēn wèn dǐ
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