鲱鱼 (fēiyú) · herring (fish)

Measure Word

一条鲱鱼 tiáo

Meanings

1 herring (fish)

About the ingredient

水产 Fish and seafood

A small, oily silver sea fish, long preserved by smoking, salting and pickling. It is also called 青鱼, a name that more often means the freshwater black carp.

Contains fish

Characters

鲱

fēi

herring (the fish character)

鱼

yú

fish

Examples

HSK 7-9

北欧人特别喜欢腌制鲱鱼。

Běi'ōu rén tèbié xǐhuan yānzhì fēiyú.

Northern Europeans are especially fond of pickled herring.

HSK 7-9

鲱鱼是富含omega-3脂肪酸的鱼类之一。

Fēiyú shì fùhán omega - 3 zhīfángsuān de yúlèi zhīyī.

Herring is one of the fish richest in omega-3 fatty acids.

Tips

culture

In English, 'red herring' (鲱鱼) is an idiom for a misleading clue or distraction. The Chinese 鲱鱼 is used only for the actual fish. The English idiom comes from the practice of dragging a smoked herring across a trail to throw off hunting dogs.