姜太公釣魚
See also: 姜太公钓鱼
Chinese
Grand Duke Jiang trad. (姜太公釣魚) 姜太公 釣魚 simp. (姜太公钓鱼) 姜太公 钓鱼 Literally: “Grand Duke Jiang goes fishing”.
Etymology
Comes from the phrase: 姜太公釣魚，願者上鉤
- 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. He over and over again said to himself, "Fish, if you are desperate to live, come and gulp down the hook by yourself."
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄤ ㄊㄞˋ ㄍㄨㄥ ㄉㄧㄠˋ ㄩˊ
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Jiangtaygong diawyu
- IPA (key): /t͡ɕi̯ɑŋ⁵⁵ tʰaɪ̯⁵¹ kʊŋ⁵⁵ ti̯ɑʊ̯⁵¹ y³⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Jyutping: goeng1 taai3 gung1 diu3 jyu4-2
- Yale: gēung taai gūng diu yú
- Cantonese Pinyin: goeng1 taai3 gung1 diu3 jy4-2
- Guangdong Romanization: gêng1 tai3 gung1 diu3 yu2
- IPA (key): /kœːŋ⁵⁵ tʰɑːi̯³³ kʊŋ⁵⁵ tiːu̯³³ jyː²¹⁻³⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
Idiom
姜太公釣魚
- (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
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