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钓鱼

diào yú · diao yu

Traditional 釣魚

HSK 7–9

Meaning

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  1. to fish (with line and hook); to angle
  2. (fig.) to entrap
  3. (Tw) to repeatedly nod one's head while dozing
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Not a single fish

  1. Dengdeng

    今天(jīntiān)我们(wǒmen)去(qù)湖边(húbiān)钓鱼(diàoyú)吧(ba)！

    Let's go fishing at the lake today!

  2. Liangliang

    好(hǎo)，我(wǒ)带(dài)了(le)两根(liǎnggēn)鱼竿(yúgān)。

    OK, I brought two fishing rods.

  3. Dengdeng

    钓鱼(diàoyú)要(yào)安静(ānjìng)，你(nǐ)别(bié)说话(shuōhuà)。

    Fishing needs quiet. Don't talk.

  4. Liangliang

    好(hǎo)，我(wǒ)不(bù)说话(shuōhuà)。

    OK, I won't talk.

  5. Dengdeng

    半个小时(bàngexiǎoshí)了(le)，一条(yītiáo)鱼(yú)都(dōu)没有(méiyǒu)。

    Half an hour has passed and there isn't a single fish.

  6. Liangliang

    灯灯(dēngdēng)，你(nǐ)看(kàn)那个(nàge)牌子(páizi)：这里(zhèlǐ)不能(bùnéng)钓鱼(diàoyú)。

    Dengdeng, look at that sign: no fishing here.

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In a sentence

2 examples
01

她(tā)把(bǎ)所(suǒ)有(yǒu)的(de)业(yè)余(yú)时(shí)间(jiān)都(dōu)用(yòng)在(zài)钓(diào)鱼(yú)上(shàng)了(le)。

She devoted all her spare time to fishing.

Tatoeba: Chinese by trieuho · English by trieuho · CC BY 2.0 FR. Pinyin added or corrected.

02

前(qián)几(jǐ)天(tiān)人(rén)生(shēng)第(dì)一(yī)次(cì)去(qù)钓(diào)鱼(yú)了(le)。

The other day I went fishing for the first time in my life.

Tatoeba: Chinese by crescat · English by CK · CC BY 2.0 FR. Pinyin added or corrected.

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