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yú — fish

8 strokes · radical 鱼 · HSK 2 · traditional 魚

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Served whole at new year's eve dinner and deliberately not finished: 鱼 yú sounds like 余 yú, "surplus". Fish left on the plate means a year with plenty left over.

Words it turns up in

鱼肉金鱼

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