Definition
咸鱼 literally means 'salted fish', a preserved food. However, in modern internet slang, it describes a person who has given up on life and just 'lies flat', lacking ambition — akin to a 'dead fish'. You may also hear the expression 咸鱼翻身, meaning a person who was down on their luck finally turns things around.
n.
salted fish (food)(slang) a person with no ambitiona 'dead fish'
Examples
- 咸鱼，。Māma zuò le yì pán xián yú, wén qǐlái hěn xiāng.Mom made a plate of salted fish; it smells delicious.
- ，咸鱼。Tā zhěngtiān shénme yě bú zuò, jiǎnzhí shì yì tiáo xián yú.He does nothing all day; he's practically a dead fish.
- 咸鱼，。Bié dāng xián yú le, nǔlì yíxià shuōbúdìng jiù néng fān shēn.Stop being a dead fish; if you work hard, you might just turn things around.
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