姜太公釣魚，願者上鉤 jiāng tài gōng diào yú ， yuàn zhě shàng gōu

DEFINITIONS

  1. Jiang Ziya is fishing, if you want it, 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

CHARACTERS

姜 jiāng surname; ginger
太 tài
HSK 1
very, too, much; big; extreme
公 gōng
HSK 2
fair, equitable; public; duke
釣 diào fish; fishhook; tempt, lure
魚 yú fish; surname; KangXi radical 195
願 yuàn desire, want; wish; ambition
者 zhě
HSK 3
that which; he who; those who
上 shàng
HSK 1
top; superior, highest; go up, send up
鉤 gōu hook, barb; sickle; stroke with