姜太公釣魚——願者上鉤

Chinese

		Jiang	paternal great-grandfather	to fish; to angle; to dupe to fish; to angle; to dupe; to trick; to deceive; to catfish		hope; wish; desire hope; wish; desire; ready; willing	‑ist, ‑er (person); person (who does something)	to take the hook; to take the bait; to rise to a bait to take the hook; to take the bait; to rise to a bait; to be drawn in; to be tricked
trad. (姜太公釣魚——願者上鉤)		姜	太公	釣魚	——	願	者	上鉤
simp. (姜太公钓鱼——愿者上钩)		姜	太公	钓鱼	——	愿	者	上钩
Literally: “Grand Duke Jiang goes fishing ― a willing person takes the bait.”

Etymology

Grand Duke Jiang often went angling at the Weishui River, but he would fish in a bizarre way. He hung a straight hook, with no bait, three feet above the water. Over and over again, he said to himself, "Fish, if you are desperate to live, come and gulp down the hook by yourself."

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Jiāngtàigōng diàoyú, yuàn zhě shànggōu

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄤ ㄊㄞˋ ㄍㄨㄥ ㄉㄧㄠˋ ㄩˊ , ㄩㄢˋ ㄓㄜˇ ㄕㄤˋ ㄍㄡ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): goeng¹ taai³ gung¹ diu³ jyu^4-2, jyun⁶ ze² soeng⁵ ngau¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Jiāngtàigōng diàoyú, yuàn zhě shànggōu
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄤ ㄊㄞˋ ㄍㄨㄥ ㄉㄧㄠˋ ㄩˊ , ㄩㄢˋ ㄓㄜˇ ㄕㄤˋ ㄍㄡ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Jiangtàigong diàoyú, yuàn jhě shànggou
    • Wade–Giles: Chiang¹-tʻai⁴-kung¹ tiao⁴-yü², yüan⁴ chê³ shang⁴-kou¹
    • Yale: Jyāng-tài-gūng dyàu-yú-, ywàn jě shàng-gōu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Jiangtaygong diawyu, yuann jee shanqgou
    • Palladius: Цзянтайгун дяоюй, юань чжэ шангоу (Czjantajgun djaojuj, juanʹ čžɛ šangou)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi̯ɑŋ⁵⁵ tʰaɪ̯⁵¹ kʊŋ⁵⁵ ti̯ɑʊ̯⁵¹ y³⁵ ɥɛn⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂɤ²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʂɑŋ⁵¹ koʊ̯⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: goeng¹ taai³ gung¹ diu³ jyu^4-2, jyun⁶ ze² soeng⁵ ngau¹
    • Yale: gēung taai gūng diu yú, yuhn jé séuhng ngāu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: goeng¹ taai³ gung¹ diu³ jy^4-2, jyn⁶ dze² soeng⁵ ngau¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: gêng¹ tai³ gung¹ diu³ yu^4-2, yun⁶ zé² sêng⁵ ngeo¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kœːŋ⁵⁵ tʰaːi̯³³ kʊŋ⁵⁵ tiːu̯³³ jyː²¹⁻³⁵ jyːn²² t͡sɛː³⁵ sœːŋ¹³ ŋɐu̯⁵⁵/

Idiom

姜太公釣魚——願者上鉤

1. (xiehouyu) like the fish rising to Grand Duke Jiang's hookless and baitless line; a willing victim letting himself be caught of his own will

Synonyms

• 太公釣魚／太公钓鱼