Meanings
- TaiwanhumorousHan Kuo-yu.
"There are a lot of sensitive words that could cause posts to be removed. I can only write in English and present a sentence: Vegetable English vs Korea Fish is very jingcai [brilliant] [translating 精彩 (jīngcǎi)]." "Korea Fish is going to lose to Vegetable English."
2020 January 12, Keoni Everington, “Chinese netizens declare Vegetable English defeats Korea Fish in Taiwan election”, in Taiwan News, archived from the original on 23 Jul 2024, World
Origin
Pun on Han's name in Mandarin 韓國瑜 /韩国瑜 (Hán Guóyú), which is homophonous to 韓國／韩国 (Hánguó, “Korea”) + 魚／鱼 (yú, “fish”).
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Korea Fish. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Korea%20Fish
“Korea Fish.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Korea%20Fish. Accessed November 4, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Korea Fish,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Korea%20Fish.
Source: Korea Fish on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.