魚

surname Yu

fish / CL:條|条[tiao2],尾[wei3]

mermaid / dugong / sea cow / manatee / giant salamander

lit. to fish for three days and sun-dry the nets for two days (proverb) / fig. not to persevere in doing sth / to do sth by fits and starts

salmon (loanword)

lit. either the fish dies or the net gets torn (idiom) / fig. it's a life-and-death struggle / it's either him or me

lit. to be the meat on sb's chopping block (idiom) / fig. to be at sb's mercy

mermaid / the Little Mermaid

lit. sitting at ease in a fishing boat despite wind and storm (idiom); to stay calm during tense situation / a cool head in a crisis

octopus

octopus

(bird species of China) crested kingfisher (Megaceryle lugubris)

tapertail anchovy (Coilia ectenes) / various species of cutlassfish / saury

swordfish

Dorado (constellation)

porgy (Pagrosomus major)

Piscis Austrinus (constellation)

shark sucker (Echeneis naucrates)

shark sucker (Echeneis naucrates)

tuna (loanword)

lit. to sit tight on the fishing terrace despite the storm (idiom) / fig. to stay calm in a tense situation

Epinephelus septemfasciatus