姜太公钓鱼，愿者上钩 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
钓 diào
HSK 5
fish; fishhook; tempt, lure
鱼 yú
HSK 2
fish; surname; KangXi radical 195
愿 yuàn
HSK 3
sincere, honest, virtuous
者 zhě
HSK 3
that which; he who; those who
上 shàng
HSK 1
top; superior, highest; go up, send up
钩 gōu
HSK 6
hook, barb; sickle; stroke with