洄游

huíyóu
(of fish) to migrate

CEDICT

  1. migration (of marine wildlife)
  2. to migrate (of marine wildlife)

Wiktionary

海洋中一些生物為適應其生活上的需要，如覓食、產卵等，而沿一定方向，有規律的往返移動。

重編國語辭典

Entry Composition

1 洄 huí
  1. eddying
  2. whirling (of water)
  3. to go against the current
=2 游 yóu
  1. to swim
  2. variant of 遊 yóu
=2 游 yóu
  1. to walk
  2. to tour
  3. to roam
  4. to travel

Related entries

移住 yízhù
  1. to migrate
  2. to resettle
移居 yíjū
  1. to migrate
  2. to move to a new place of residence
当移居者的村庄被野蛮人征服后，他们的希望和生活到了痛苦的尽头，数年对灾祸的抵抗结束了。

Years of resistance to misfortune ended when the settlers' village was overcome by the savages and their hopes and lives came to the bitter end.

Source: Tatoeba

轉徙 zhuǎnxǐ
  1. to migrate
  2. to move house
遷徙 qiānxǐ
  1. to migrate
  2. to move
遷移 qiānyí
  1. to migrate
  2. to move
遷移到南加州後，紅冠鸚鵡已成為這裡的永久棲息者，並被列入加州鳥類記錄委員會的本國鳥類清單中。

As transplants to Southern California, the red-crowned parrots have become such permanent fixtures that they are on the California Bird Records Committee’s list of birds in the state.

Source: Tatoeba

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