多寶魚

Chinese

many; much; a lot of
many; much; a lot of; numerous; multi-
 
 a jewel or gem; a treasure; precious fish
trad. (多寶魚) 多 寶 魚
simp. (多宝鱼) 多 宝 鱼
Literally: “fish of many treasures”.

Etymology

Phono-semantic matching of English turbot + 魚 / 鱼 (yú, “fish”).

Pronunciation

Noun

多寶魚

  1. turbot
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