弹涂鱼

彈塗魚
tántúyú
noun

Measure Word

Meanings

  1. 1 mudskipper
  2. 2 amphibious fish that walks on mudflats

Examples

Cháojiāndài de tāntú shàng cháng néng kàn dào tántúyú tiàoyuè.
Mudskippers can often be seen jumping on intertidal mudflats.
Tántúyú kěyǐ líshuǐ shēngcún shù xiǎoshí.
Mudskippers can survive out of water for several hours.

Tips

memory
(bounce) + (mud) + (fish): the 'mud-bouncing fish'. Mudskippers really do hop across mudflats using muscular pectoral fins as makeshift legs — the name is a perfect description, not a metaphor.

Stroke Order

dàn