梁辰鱼 梁辰魚

梁

• 栋梁 棟梁 dòng liáng ㄉㄨㄥˋ ㄌㄧㄤˊ dung6 loeng4 ridgepole
• 桥梁 橋梁 qiáo liáng ㄑㄧㄠˊ ㄌㄧㄤˊ kiu4 loeng4 bridge (lit. and fig.)
• 脊梁 jǐ liang ㄐㄧˇ ˙ㄌㄧㄤ zek3 loeng4 (coll.) back (of a human or other vertebrate)
• 上梁 上樑 shàng liáng ㄕㄤˋ ㄌㄧㄤˊ to lay an upper beam
• 吕梁 呂梁 Lǚ liáng ㄌㄩˇ ㄌㄧㄤˊ see 吕梁市

辰

• 星辰 xīng chén ㄒㄧㄥ ㄔㄣˊ sing1 san4 stars
• 诞辰 誕辰 dàn chén ㄉㄢˋ ㄔㄣˊ daan3 san4 birthday
• 丙辰 bǐng chén ㄅㄧㄥˇ ㄔㄣˊ bing2 san4 fifty-third year C5 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1976 or 2036
• 北辰 Běi chén ㄅㄟˇ ㄔㄣˊ bak1 san4 Polaris
• 壬辰 rén chén ㄖㄣˊ ㄔㄣˊ jam4 san4 twenty-ninth year I5 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 2012 or 2072

鱼 魚

• 金鱼 金魚 jīn yú ㄐㄧㄣ ㄩˊ gam1 jyu2 goldfish
• 钓鱼 釣魚 diào yú ㄉㄧㄠˋ ㄩˊ diu3 jyu2 to fish (with line and hook); to angle
• 鲨鱼 鯊魚 shā yú ㄕㄚ ㄩˊ saa1 jyu2 shark
• 鲸鱼 鯨魚 jīng yú ㄐㄧㄥ ㄩˊ king4 jyu4 whale
• 鳄鱼 鱷魚 è yú ㄜˋ ㄩˊ ngok6 jyu4 alligator; crocodile

• 绕梁三日 繞梁三日 rào liáng sān rì ㄖㄠˋ ㄌㄧㄤˊ ㄙㄢ ㄖˋ jiu5 loeng4 saam1 jat6 reverberates around the rafters for three days (idiom); fig. sonorous and resounding (esp. of singing voice)
• 跳梁小丑 tiào liáng xiǎo chǒu ㄊㄧㄠˋ ㄌㄧㄤˊ ㄒㄧㄠˇ ㄔㄡˇ tiu3 loeng4 siu2 cau2 (idiom) clownish troublemaker; contemptible buffoon
• 偷梁换柱 偷梁換柱 tōu liáng huàn zhù ㄊㄡ ㄌㄧㄤˊ ㄏㄨㄢˋ ㄓㄨˋ tau1 loeng4 wun6 cyu5 lit. to steal a rafter and replace it with a column

• 良辰吉日 liáng chén jí rì ㄌㄧㄤˊ ㄔㄣˊ ㄐㄧˊ ㄖˋ loeng4 san4 gat1 jat6 fine time, lucky day (idiom); fig. good opportunity
• 良辰美景 liáng chén měi jǐng ㄌㄧㄤˊ ㄔㄣˊ ㄇㄟˇ ㄐㄧㄥˇ loeng4 san4 mei5 ging2 fine time, beautiful scenery (idiom); everything lovely
• 众星拱辰 眾星拱辰 zhòng xīng gǒng chén ㄓㄨㄥˋ ㄒㄧㄥ ㄍㄨㄥˇ ㄔㄣˊ zung3 sing1 gung2 san4 lit. all the stars revolve around Polaris 北辰 (idiom, from Analects); fig. to view sb as core figure

• 沉鱼落雁 沉魚落雁 chén yú luò yàn ㄔㄣˊ ㄩˊ ㄌㄨㄛˋ ㄧㄢˋ cam4 jyu4 lok6 ngaan6 lit. fish sink, goose alights (idiom, from Zhuangzi 庄子); fig. female beauty captivating even the birds and beasts
• 得鱼忘筌 得魚忘筌 dé yú wàng quán ㄉㄜˊ ㄩˊ ㄨㄤˋ ㄑㄩㄢˊ dak1 jyu4 mong4 cyun4 lit. catch fish then forget the trap (idiom, from Zhuangzi 庄子); fig. to take help for granted
• 釜底游鱼 釜底游魚 fǔ dǐ yóu yú ㄈㄨˇ ㄉㄧˇ ㄧㄡˊ ㄩˊ fu2 dai2 jau4 jyu2 a fish at the bottom of the pot (idiom)