水煮鱼

水煮魚
shuǐzhǔyú
noun

Measure Word

Meanings

  1. 1 Sichuan poached fish in chili oil
  2. 2 shuizhu fish

Examples

Wǒmen diǎn le yī fèn shuǐzhǔyú, chāo là.
We ordered a water-boiled fish — it was super spicy.
Zhèjiā Chuāncài guǎn de shuǐzhǔyú hěn zhèngzōng.
This Sichuan restaurant's shuizhu fish is very authentic.

Tips

mistakes
Don't take 水煮 'water-boiled' literally — it ends up swimming in chili oil with Sichuan peppercorns. The 'boiling' refers to how the fish is initially cooked, before being doused with hot oil over chilies.

Stroke Order

shuǐ
zhǔ