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Open the tool →亥豕鲁鱼 (hài shǐ lǔ yú) is a Chinese idiom (chengyu) meaning “Clerical errors or typographical mistakes”.
亥豕鲁鱼 is pronounced hài shǐ lǔ yú in Mandarin Chinese.
Literally, 亥豕鲁鱼 means “Hài mistaken for Shǐ, Lǔ mistaken for Yú”. It is used to mean “Clerical errors or typographical mistakes”.
把“亥”字错成“豕”字,把“鲁”字错成“鱼”字。指传写或刻印中的文字错误