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Chinese learners move from characters to idioms as the highest level. This free resource explains 「魚遊釜底」 below.

Introducing the Chinese idiom 「魚遊釜底」: its meaning and application are provided for your understanding.

The fish is swimming in the pot. It is a metaphor for a very dangerous situation, one that is about to be destroyed.

The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :

yú yóu fǔ dǐ

while its Cantonese pinyin is :

yu2 yau4 fu2 dai2

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