涸辙之鲋 — Chinese idiom
涸辙之鲋
hé zhé zhī fù
Traditional: 涸轍之鮒
Meaning
- lit. a fish in a dried-out rut
- fig. a person in dire straits
Character by character
- 涸hétired, exhausted; dried up
- 辙zhétrack, rut; stuck in a rut
- 之zhīmarks preceding phrase as modifier of following ph
- 鲋fùcarp; Carassicus auratus
Idioms sharing a character
- 濡沫涸辙 rú mò hé zhé
- 一改故辙 yī gǎi gù zhé
- 南辕北辙 nán yuán běi zhé
- 凭轼结辙 píng shì jié zhé
- 改弦易辙 gǎi xián yì zhé
- 重蹈覆辙 chóng dǎo fù zhé
- 一丘之貉 yī qiū zhī hé
- 一之为甚 yī zhī wéi shèn
- 一以贯之 yī yǐ guàn zhī
- 一孔之见 yī kǒng zhī jiàn
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