摸魚

摸鱼
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. 在水中撈魚。
  2. 做事不認真，投機取巧。

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 魚 yú used in the names of various aquatic animals that are not fish (including abalone 鮑魚 bàoyú, alligators and crocodiles 鱷魚 èyú and octopi 章魚 zhāngyú)

classifiers: 條, 尾

Containing this entry

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