姜太公釣魚——願者上鉤

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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

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

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