摸鱼

摸魚
mōyú
  1. to catch fish
  2. (fig.) to loaf on the job; to be slack; to take it easy

CEDICT

  1. (figurative, humorous) to slack off
  2. (literally) to catch fish
  3. to catch fish
  4. to slack off

Wiktionary

  1. 在水中捞鱼。
  2. 做事不认真，投机取巧。

重編國語辭典

Entry Composition

1 摸 mō
  1. to feel with the hand
  2. to touch
  3. to stroke
  4. to grope
  5. to steal
  6. to abstract
2 鱼 yú used in the names of various aquatic animals that are not fish (including abalone 鲍鱼 bàoyú, alligators and crocodiles 鳄鱼 èyú and octopi 章鱼 zhāngyú)

classifiers: 條, 尾

Containing this entry

混水摸鱼 húnshuǐmōyú
  1. to fish in troubled water (idiom); to take advantage of a crisis for personal gain
  2. also written 浑水摸鱼
浑水摸鱼 húnshuǐmōyú to fish in troubled water (idiom); to take advantage of a crisis for personal gain