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跳水鱼

跳水魚
tiàoshuǐyú
noun Hot

Measure Word

一条跳水鱼 tiáo

Meanings

  1. 1 quick-cooked fish

About the dish

川菜 Sichuan · 热菜 Hot dish

A freshly killed fish, cut up and cooked briefly in a broth of pickled chilies, young ginger, chili bean paste and garlic, so the flesh stays very tender. Hot and fragrant, with bones.

Usually contains fish

Examples

HSK 5
跳水鱼用的是活鱼，鱼片下锅几分钟就熟了。
Tiàoshuǐyú yòng de shì huó yú, yúpiàn xiàguō jǐ fēnzhōng jiù shú le.
Quick-cooked fish uses a live fish, and the slices are done in just a few minutes.
HSK 7-9
我们四个人，点一条跳水鱼，再加两个素菜就够了。
Wǒmen sì ge rén, diǎn yì tiáo tiàoshuǐyú, zài jiā liǎng ge sùcài jiù gòu le.
There are four of us: one quick-cooked fish plus two vegetable dishes will be enough.

Tips

usage
跳水 normally means 'to dive'. Here it describes the fish going straight from the tank into the pot and cooking in minutes.

Stroke Order

跳 tiào
水 shuǐ
鱼 yú