鲱鱼

鯡魚
fēiyú
herring

CEDICT

herring (fish)

Wiktionary

Examples

丢鲱鱼抓鲸鱼。

Throw a sprat to catch a whale.

Source: Tatoeba

Entry Composition

1 鲱 fēi Pacific herring
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

瑞典盐腌鲱鱼 ruìdiǎnyányānfēiyú

Related entries

鰽 qiú herring
青鱼 qīngyú
  1. black carp (Mylopharyngodon piceus)
  2. herring
  3. mackerel