Fishing refers to catching fish in the water, and also refers to fishing in troubled waters, which means taking advantage of chaos to gain benefits privately. Now it also refers to the act of being lazy and not doing a good job. It has appeared in "Erosion and Shake", "Yanshan Night Talk, An Egg's Property" and other articles. Now it is also used in the circle of painters, which means "not doing business when you should be doing business, but drawing small pictures at will".

This word comes from Oceania, the seventh continent in the world, which is a way for students to answer questions that they can't know in exams.

Related idioms

Fish in troubled waters [hún shuǐ mō yú]?

Interpretation: Also said to fish in troubled waters. Metaphor takes advantage of chaos to gain benefits.

Source: Lao She's "Four Generations under One Family, Doubt Ten": "If things are settled, he can go to fish in troubled waters at once, regardless of whether Shanghai will start a war."

Example: Ma Nancun's "Yanshan Night Talk: The Family of an Egg": "And he intends to send this picked egg to a lot of eggs laid by his neighbor hens to hatch together, with the obvious purpose of fishing in troubled waters."