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太公釣魚，願者上鉤
简 太公钓鱼，愿者上钩 · 繁 太公釣魚，願者上鉤Mandarin · pinyin tài gōng diào yú , yuàn zhě shàng gōu
Meanings
- Jiang Ziya is fishing, if you want take the hook (idiom, refers to early sage 姜子牙 fishing with no bait and the hook above the water); to put one's head in the noose
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- 太
- tài · very, too, much; big; extreme
- 公
- gōng · fair, equitable; public; duke
- 釣
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- 魚
- yú · fish; surname; Kangxi radical 195
- 願
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- 者
- zhě · that which; he who; those who
- 上
- shàng · top; superior, highest; go up, send up
- 鉤
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- 钓
- diào · fish; fishhook; tempt, lure
- 鱼
- yú · fish; surname; Kangxi radical 195
- 愿
- yuàn · sincere, honest, virtuous
- 钩
- gōu · hook, barb; sickle; stroke with
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taai3 gung1 diu3 jyu4 ，jyun6 ze2 soeng5 ngau1
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