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长江三鲜

長江三鮮
Chángjiāng sānxiān
noun

Meanings

  1. 1 the three Yangtze delicacies: Reeves shad, knife fish and pufferfish

Examples

HSK 3
春天是吃长江三鲜的季节。
Chūntiān shì chī Chángjiāng sānxiān de jìjié.
Spring is the season for the three Yangtze delicacies.
HSK 7-9
野生鲥鱼几乎绝迹以后，长江三鲜里的鲥鱼常常换成了鮰鱼。
Yěshēng shíyú jīhū juéjì yǐhòu, Chángjiāng sānxiān lǐ de shíyú chángcháng huànchéng le huíyú.
Now that wild Reeves shad has all but vanished, the shad among the three Yangtze delicacies is often replaced by longsnout catfish.

Tips

culture
The three are 鲥鱼 (Reeves shad), 刀鱼 (knife fish) and 河豚 (pufferfish). Knife fish is best before the Qingming festival, pufferfish comes with spring and the shad in early summer. Pufferfish is poisonous unless expertly prepared, hence the saying 拼死吃河豚, 'risk death to eat pufferfish'.
history
Wild stocks collapsed: the Reeves shad has been commercially extinct in the Yangtze since the 1990s, catching wild knife fish was banned in 2019, and a ten-year fishing ban on the whole river began in 2021. What restaurants serve under the name today is farmed.

Stroke Order

长 cháng
江 jiāng
三 sān
鲜 xiān