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左鮃右鰈
Hiragana
ひだりひらめみぎかれい
Phrase
idiomatic
Japanese Meaning
魚のヒラメとカレイの見分け方に関する言い回し / ヒラメは左向きに目が付き、カレイは右向きに目が付くという区別を示す表現
Easy Japanese Meaning
ひらめはめがひだり、かれいはめがみぎとみわけるいいかた
Chinese (Simplified) Meaning
用于区分鲆与鲽的说法：鲆眼在左，鲽眼在右。 / 比目鱼左右眼位置的记忆口诀：左鲆右鲽。
Chinese (Traditional) Meaning
分辨鮃與鰈的口訣：鮃眼在左，鰈眼在右。 / 指比目魚中眼位於左側者為鮃、右側者為鰈。
Korean Meaning
넙치(광어)는 왼쪽 눈, 가자미는 오른쪽 눈이라는 구분법. / 눈 위치로 넙치와 가자미를 구분하는 말: 왼쪽은 넙치, 오른쪽은 가자미.
Indonesian
Ungkapan mnemonik: hirame di kiri, karei di kanan; mata hirame di sisi kiri, karei di sisi kanan. / Cara membedakan ikan sebelah: olive flounder bermata kiri, righteye flounder bermata kanan. / Aturan praktis untuk membedakan hirame dan karei berdasarkan letak mata.
Vietnamese Meaning
Mẹo phân biệt cá bơn: hirame có mắt ở bên trái, karei có mắt ở bên phải. / Quy tắc trái–hirame, phải–karei để nhận biết hai loài cá bơn.
Tagalog Meaning
Kasabihang Hapon para makilala ang dalawang isdang dapa: kaliwa ang mga mata ng hirame (olive flounder), kanan ang sa karei (righteye flounder). / Mnemonic: “kaliwa hirame, kanan karei” — paraan ng pagtukoy kung saang gilid naroroon ang mga mata.
Sense（1）
The way to distinguish an olive flounder from a righteye flounder. 鮃(ひらめ) (hirame, “olive flounder”) can be distinguished from 鰈(かれい) (karei, “righteye flounder”) by noting that the eyes of the former are on the left and the eyes of the latter are on the right.
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The way to distinguish an olive flounder from a righteye flounder. 鮃(ひらめ) (hirame, “olive flounder”) can be distinguished from 鰈(かれい) (karei, “righteye flounder”) by noting that the eyes of the former are on the left and the eyes of the latter are on the right.
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左鮃右鰈
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He follows the principle of 'left halibut, right flounder' and always acts fairly.
He follows the principle of 'left halibut, right flounder' and always acts fairly.
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彼は左鮃右鰈の原則を守って、常に公平に行動します。
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