Learn 鱼
fish
Recognize 鱼, know its sound, and learn one way to use it.
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Only a Tail
1 min illustrated story · A little help remembering 鱼
The community centre had a long aquarium beside its reading corner. One orange goldfish swam past the water plants. Alex took out his phone. The fish looked bright against the dark gravel, and he wanted a picture to send his sister.
He held the phone in front of the glass without touching it. The goldfish turned left. Alex moved the phone left, and the fish slipped behind a plant. Lin looked up from the nearby chair. “Which one of you is directing this?”
When the fish came back into the open water, Alex waited. He kept the flash off and pressed the button as it passed. On his small screen, the orange shape seemed to have vanished. He opened the picture to check.
Lin leaned over to look. There were plants, gravel, plenty of clear water, and one orange tail at the edge. Alex considered trying again. Then he sent the picture. “A fish, mostly elsewhere,” he wrote beneath it.
One way to use 鱼.
鱼 means fish; its traditional form is 魚. 金鱼 is the word for goldfish. The story is about taking a photograph, not instructions for keeping fish.
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