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鹹魚
  haam4 jyu4*2   jyutping
  xian2 yu2   pinyin
salted fish; [] [slang] dead body, corpse

noun

Level: 2   Google Frequency: 318,000

This term is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.
鹹魚 / 咸鱼

This word has been viewed 3455 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by claw on 2nd Feb 2005 02:09 and last edited on 3rd Jul 2017 06:01
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Characters in this word:

 haam4  -  salty; pornographic; dirty
 jyu4  -  fish

7 compounds containing this word:

鹹魚雞粒炒飯 - fried rice with salted fish and diced chicken
鹹魚茄子 - Chinese eggplant stir-fried with salted fish
醃鹹魚 - salted fish; sweat profusely
鹹魚翻生 - to be successful when it seems one would absolutely be a failure
霉香鹹魚 - dried, salted fish
食得鹹魚抵得渴 - One must bear the consequences of one's own choice.
杭州鹹魚白切鴨 - Hangzhou dish of steamed duck pieces served with slices of salted fish
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